Minnesota Seasons - prairie dropseed


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Sporobolus heterolepis

Taxonomy	Family:	Poaceae (grass)
	No Rank:	PACMAD clade
	Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
	Tribe:	Zoysieae
	Subtribe:	Sporobolinae

Nativity	Native
Status
Habitat	Dry to moderately moist prairies. Sandy, loamy soil.
Flowering	August to September
Height	24″ to 48″

Identification	This is a bunch-forming grass. It has fine-textured leaves, up to 20″ long and ⅛″ wide, that arch gracerfully forming a rounded bunch up to 15″ tall and 18″ wide. It retains its shape in the winter. Unlike other grasses, the flower heads produce a pleasant scent.

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Agassiz Dunes SNA Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Carver Park Reserve Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA			Osmundson Prairie SNA Rice Lake Savanna SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Spring Creek Prairie SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Wild Indigo Prairie SNA Wild River State Park

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Synonyms	Agrostis heterolepis Vilfa heterolepis

Common Names	northern dropseed prairie dropseed