Sporobolus vaginiflorus

Classification	Monocots
Family	Poaceae
Family (Traditional)	Poaceae
Genus	Sporobolus
Species:	Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A. Gray) Alph. Wood
Common Name	Poverty Dropseed
Growth Habit	graminoid
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Caryopsis; Fruit Type: Grain; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Placentation Type: Parietal; Placentation Type: Basal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value
Status	Native; G5T5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Agrostis sporobolus	Agrostis sporobolus Spreng.
Sporobolus ovatus	Sporobolus ovatus Beal
Sporobolus vaginatus	Sporobolus vaginatus (Steud.) Scribn.
Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor	Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor Scribn. ex Chapm.
Vilfa riehlii	Vilfa riehlii Steud.
Vilfa vaginiflora	Vilfa vaginiflora

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Bracken (KY), Bullitt (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carroll (KY), Clark (KY), Crittenden (KY), Estill (KY), Garrard (KY), Grayson (KY), Harlan (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Nicholas (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henderson (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), McMinn (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100158300	Logan	Kentucky	08 Oct 1978	Douglas Stephens	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158284	Livingston	Kentucky	30 Sep 1980	Richard H. Hannan 5759	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008249	Garrard	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008251	Garrard	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008253	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023643	Madison	Kentucky	20 Sep 1975	Thieret, John s.n.	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023645	Campbell	Kentucky	28 Sep 1977	Dibert, Sally 99	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027794	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027786	Henderson	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027785	Henderson	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027788	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0028024	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027780	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158391	Maury	Tennessee	12 Oct 2000	Dwayne Estes 1560	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158243	Campbell	Kentucky	04 Sep 1977	Paul R. Kaucher Jr. 34	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158334	McCracken	Kentucky	28 Oct 1970	Raymond Athey 1284	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008250	Garrard	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023648	Garrard	Kentucky	25 Sep 2004	Thieret, John 61866	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023640	Campbell	Kentucky	09 Apr 1977	Applegarth, Patrick 14	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023649	Jessamine	Kentucky	05 Oct 1999	Thieret, John 60669	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027814	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027783	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027810	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027772	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0028015	Livingston	Kentucky			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027797	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100724622	Garrard	Kentucky	07 Sep 2012	W.W. Overbeck 1674	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Sep 2017	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU005830	Unicoi	Tennessee	01 Oct 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU005874	Carter	Tennessee	28 Sep 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027809	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027811	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027765	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027806	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027800	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027778	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027782	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027805	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0210042		Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027766	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100724630	Garrard	Kentucky	06 Dec 2013	W.W. Overbeck 921	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158268	Grayson	Kentucky	29 Sep 1980	Richard H. Hannan 5673	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158375	Trigg	Kentucky	24 Sep 1988	Edward W. Chester 241	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008254	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008252	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008247	Bell	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU006906	Johnson	Tennessee	01 Sep 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023642	Campbell	Kentucky	03 Sep 1977	Thieret, John 50213a	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027779	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027774	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027798	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027775	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027787	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027807	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158276	Livingston	Kentucky	06 Oct 1970	Raymond Athey 1271	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158292	Logan	Kentucky	03 Oct 1982	K. Sirimongkhon 15	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
N/A	Greene	Tennessee	01 Oct 2017	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023646	Bracken	Kentucky	01 Oct 1983	Buddell, George 2410	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027817	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027767	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027771	DeKalb	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027768	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027812	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027776	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027813	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031977	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031981	Stewart	Tennessee	24 Sep 1988	Edward Chester	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031978	Montgomery	Tennessee	20 Sep 1987	Edward Chester	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158367	Todd	Kentucky	10 Sep 1949	Floyd Brown 610	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158318	Logan	Kentucky	03 Oct 1982	Valerya Hyrne 25	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027816	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027763	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027815	Sumner	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027808	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027781	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027764	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0064610	Calloway	Kentucky	14 Sep 1972	Raymond Athey	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0102832	DeKalb	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0051451	Knox	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0109141	Wilson	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0064607	McCracken	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0067469	Warren	Kentucky	16 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027796	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027795	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027802	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0028022	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027792	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027818	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0089505	Livingston	Kentucky	06 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0067470	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0086618	Crittenden	Kentucky	06 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031984	Stewart	Tennessee	14 Sep 1982	Edward Chester	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0069576	Pulaski	Kentucky	30 Sep 1987	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0243891	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
UOS08224	Coffee	Tennessee	10 Sep 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Sporobolus vaginiflorus
UOS08225	Van Buren	Tennessee	21 Sep 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027799	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0028016	McCracken	Kentucky			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027790	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027769	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0028014	Todd	Kentucky			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
UCHT006403	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031976	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0074541	Garrard	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031972	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031974	Hardin	Tennessee	31 Aug 1965	Ken Rogers	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU004140	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU026774	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19930	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU027309		Tennessee	25 Sep 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker, Gary Fleming, Karen Patterson 18401	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MEM012519	Lyon	Kentucky	10 Oct 1977	Raymond Athey 3882	MEM Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027801	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027803	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0064734	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031982	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031975	Sumner	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0089259	Nicholas	Kentucky	24 Sep 1985	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031971	Crittenden	Kentucky	24 Sep 2013	Mason Brock	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031983	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0087021	Estill	Kentucky	04 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU026750	Hawkins	Tennessee	13 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19906	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158235	Calloway	Kentucky	18 Sep 1982	Michael Woods	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158383	Cumberland	Tennessee	28 Sep 1980	Henry R. DeSelm 276	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158219	Bell	Kentucky	22 Sep 1978	Richard H. Hannan KEP-1-970	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008248	Clark	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008256	DeKalb	Tennessee			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
BEREA008255	Trigg	Kentucky			BEREA Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023644	Campbell	Kentucky	20 Aug 1981	Buddell, George 404	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027784	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027793	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027819	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027777	Hamblen	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0053437	Davidson	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0087254	Carroll	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027770	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027804	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027789	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027773	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0102479	Bullitt	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0109140	Rutherford	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0064735	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU033856		Tennessee	23 Sep 2016	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU006905	Washington	Tennessee	10 Aug 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
N/A		Tennessee	07 Sep 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18364	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU026776	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19932	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MEM006856	Marshall	Kentucky	25 Sep 1973	Raymond Athey 2604	MEM Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0070113	Logan	Kentucky	08 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MTSU023844	Rutherford	Tennessee			MTSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0031979	Rutherford	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
UOS08227	Coffee	Tennessee	10 Sep 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Sporobolus vaginiflorus
UOS08228	Marion	Tennessee	07 Oct 1999	Al Good	UOS Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU004137	Unicoi	Tennessee	01 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MEM013424	Crittenden	Kentucky	14 Sep 1977	Raymond Athey 3820	MEM Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158250	Garrard	Kentucky	07 Oct 1996	Ralph L. Thompson 96-602	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158326	Madison	Kentucky	09 Sep 1994	Gary W. Libby OB-938	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158359	Todd	Kentucky	20 Sep 1976	Raymond Athey 3652	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158342	Powell	Kentucky	25 Oct 1978	Richard H. Hannan 1-23-934	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31234100158227	Caldwell	Kentucky	03 Oct 1980	Richard H. Hannan 5866	EKY Sporobolus vaginiflorus
31973000023647	Rowan	Kentucky	16 Aug 1982	Thieret, John 53894	KNK Sporobolus vaginiflorus
TENN-V-0027791	Macon	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0064613	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0064476	Campbell	Kentucky			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
APSC0103058	DeKalb	Tennessee			APSC Sporobolus vaginiflorus
ETSU027269	Sullivan	Tennessee	30 Aug 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18356	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	13 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MEM006829	McCracken	Kentucky	28 Sep 1971	Raymond Athey 1546	MEM Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MEM008006	Shelby	Tennessee	17 Sep 1971	John E. Thompson Jr. 529	MEM Sporobolus vaginiflorus
MEM012176	Logan	Kentucky	20 Oct 1977	Raymond Athey 3904	MEM Sporobolus vaginiflorus

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