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Sporobolus caespitosus (Grass)

Synonyms: Vilfa caespitosa (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Sporobolus caespitosus is a species of grass in the Poaceae family.It is endemic to Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic Ocean, where it is known only from the weather side of the Green Mountain area, where it occupies an area of less than 0.5 kmĀ². It inhabits the vertical and sloping cinder banks of Green Mountain where very few other species are present, and seems to be adapted to the exposed conditions found at these sites. It is threatened by introduced vegetation and habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Sporobolus caespitosus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Sporobolus caespitosus

Attributes

Structure [1]  Grass

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0