Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray
Northern dropseed
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Liliopsida Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass Commelinidae Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order Cyperales Flowering plants including grasses
Family Poaceae Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus Sporobolus From the Greek spora or sporos , “seed or spore,” and bolis or bolos , “a casting,” in the sense of throwing or dispersing seeds, also from boleo , “to throw”
Species heterolepis “Diversely scaled”
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Sporobolus heterolepis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
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