Sporobolus junceus (Palisot de Beauvois) Kunth. Common name: Sandhill Dropseed, Pineywoods Dropseed. Phenology: (Jun-) Sep-Nov (-May). Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, glades and barrens over mafic rocks, glades and barrens over limestone or chalk in the Inner Coastal Plain, river-scour bars, sandy prairies, pine rocklands, and other dry, open areas. Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL and west to se. OK (Mink, Singhurst, & Holmes 2012) and se. TX; scattered inland in disjunct sites.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, K4, RAB, SFla, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Weakley & Peterson (1998); = Heleochloa juncea P.Beauv. = Sporobolus ejuncidus Nash — S13; = Sporobolus gracilis (Trin.) Merr. — S. Basionym: Heleochloa juncea P.Beauv. 1812
Links to other floras: = Sporobolus junceus - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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