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Sporobolus

not marked as a favorite taxon Sporobolus ozarkanus Fernald. Common name: Ozark Dropseed. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Limestone glades, diabase glades. Distribution: KY west to KS, south to e. TN, AR, and TX; disjunct in c. NC.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: In Granville County, NC, it is associated (on glades of diabase, a mafic rock) with other taxa with affinities to midwestern glades and prairies: Solidago jacksonii, Solidago ptarmicoides, Baptisia aberrans, Symphyotrichum depauperatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Parthenium auriculatum, Ruellia humilis, and others. S. ozarkanus, S. neglectus, and S. vaginiflorus form a still very poorly understood complex.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, ETx1, F, G, HC, Il, K4, Mo1, NcTx, Va; = n/a — RAB; = Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood var. ozarkanus (Fernald) Shinners — Ar, FNA25, Tn; < Sporobolus vaginaeflorus — Tx. Basionym: Sporobolus ozarkanus Fernald 1933

Links to other floras: = Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus - FNA25

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