Sporobolus compositus

Classification	Monocots
Family	Poaceae
Family (Traditional)	Poaceae
Genus	Sporobolus
Species:	Sporobolus compositus
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
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Status
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Currently no photos are available for this plant.

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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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 composita	Agrostis composita Poir.
Agrostis involuta	Agrostis involuta Muhl.
Agrostis longifolia	Agrostis longifolia Torr.
Glyceria stricta	Glyceria stricta Buckley
Muhlenbergia aspera	Muhlenbergia aspera Trin. ex Kunth
Muhlenbergia composita	Muhlenbergia composita Trin. ex Kunth
Sporobolus asper var. asper	Sporobolus asper var. asper (P. Beauv.) Kunth
Vilfa aspera	Vilfa aspera
Vilfa composita	Vilfa composita (Poir.) P. Beauv.
Vilfa drummondii	Vilfa drummondii Trin.
Vilfa hookeri	Vilfa hookeri Trin.

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: Caldwell (KY), Crittenden (KY), Kenton (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Todd (KY), Hawkins (TN), Maury (TN), Rutherford (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ETSU, KNK, MEM, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1970 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Sporobolus compositus
MEM004716	McCracken	Kentucky	03 Oct 1970	Raymond Athey 1262	MEM Sporobolus compositus
MEM013409	Todd	Kentucky	14 Oct 1976	Raymond Athey 3667	MEM Sporobolus compositus
MEM017723	Lyon	Kentucky	08 Oct 1979	Raymond Athey 4527	MEM Sporobolus compositus
ETSU026779	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19935	ETSU Sporobolus compositus
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	22 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Sporobolus compositus
31973000023634	Kenton	Kentucky	22 Sep 1979	Thieret, John 51166	KNK Sporobolus compositus
TENN-V-0027610	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus compositus
ETSU026673	Hawkins	Tennessee	01 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19829	ETSU Sporobolus compositus
TENN-V-0244250	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Sporobolus compositus
ETSU026845	Hawkins	Tennessee	22 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 191001	ETSU Sporobolus compositus
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	01 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Sporobolus compositus
MEM012517	Crittenden	Kentucky	07 Oct 1977	Raymond Athey 3872	MEM Sporobolus compositus
MEM006833	Caldwell	Kentucky	27 Sep 1971	Raymond Athey 1537	MEM Sporobolus compositus

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