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Sporobolus

not marked as a favorite taxon Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney. Common name: Curtiss’s Dropseed. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Moist, gummy-clay pine flatwoods. Distribution: E. South Carolina south to c. Florida. Attributions of S. curtissii to North Carolina and South Carolina prior to 1993 were apparently based on misapplication or confusion with S. teretifolius and/or Sporobolus pinetorum.

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Section: Calamovilfa. Subsection: Floridani.

ID notes: Sporobolus curtissii differs from other ‘bunchgrass’ Sporobolus of our area in having the spikelets short-pedicelled and appressed against the panicle branches (as opposed to long-pedicelled and spreading in S. teretifolius and Sporobolus pinetorum).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, HC, K1, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3, Orzell & Bridges (2022), Weakley & Peterson (1998); = n/a — RAB; = Sporobolus floridanus Chapman var. curtissii (Small ex Kearney) Beal. Basionym: Sporobolus curtissii Small ex Kearney 1895

Links to other floras: = Sporobolus curtissii - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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