Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lamarck) A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Match Grass, Whorled Dropseed. Phenology: Mar-Nov. Habitat: Salt and brackish marshes, coastal rock barrens, disturbed coastal areas. Distribution: S. FL; IL, MO, NE, CO, and UT south through LA, TX, NM, and AZ to Mexico, Central America, and South America; West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, Il, K4, Meso6, Mex, Mo1, NcTx, NY, SFla, Tx, WH3, WI; = n/a — Pa, Tat; ? Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth — S, S13; < Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth; Agrostis pyramidata Lamarck. Basionym: Agrostis pyramidata Lam. 1791
Links to other floras: = Sporobolus pyramidatus - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: UPL
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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