Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Sporobolus > Sporobolus indicusSporobolus indicus (Rattail smutgrass; smut grass; smutgrass)Synonyms: Agrostis elongata (heterotypic); Agrostis indica (heterotypic); Agrostis orientalis; Agrostis tenacissima; Agrostis tenuissima; Andropogon intortum; Paspalum lanceifolium; Paspalum parviflorum (heterotypic); Sporobolus angustus (heterotypic); Sporobolus berterianus; Sporobolus berteroanus; Sporobolus exilis (heterotypic); Sporobolus indicus f. africanoides; Sporobolus indicus f. indicus; Sporobolus indicus f. microspiculus; Sporobolus indicus indicus; Sporobolus indicus var. andinus; Sporobolus indicus var. exilis; Sporobolus indicus var. indicus; Sporobolus lamarckii; Sporobolus orientalis; Sporobolus tenacissimus; Sporobolus tenacissimus var. humilis; Vilfa angusta; Vilfa berteroana; Vilfa elongata; Vilfa exilis; Vilfa familiaris; Vilfa indica (homotypic); Vilfa orientalis (homotypic); Vilfa tenacissima; Vilfa tenacissima var. exilis; Vilfa tenacissima var. humilis Sporobolus indicus is a species of grass known by the common name smut grass. |
| Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Pollinators [1] | Wind | | Structure [2] | Grass | | Usage [1] | A fibre is obtained from the leaves; |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
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Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve |
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34336011 |
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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El Palmar National Park |
II |
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Entre Rios, Argentina |
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El Rey National Park |
II |
110298 |
Salta, Argentina |
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Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve |
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Florida, United States |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument |
V |
4213 |
Georgia, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Juan Castro Blanco National Park |
II |
35793 |
Costa Rica |
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Mburucuyá National Park |
II |
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Corrientes, Argentina |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Ocmulgee National Monument |
V |
693 |
Georgia, United States |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
V |
1777 |
Spain |
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Reserva Natural Otamendi Strict Nature Reserve |
Ia |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Río Pilcomayo National Park |
II |
123699 |
Formosa, Argentina |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. |
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
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