Sporobolus compositus (Poiret) Merrill var. compositus . Common name: Tall Dropseed. Phenology: Sep-Nov. Habitat: Diabase glades and barrens, limestone glades and barrens, disturbed areas over diabase or calcareous rocks. Distribution: The general range is centered in the Plains, but extending east into ne. United States. This species and variety are reported for NC in a revision of the S. asper group (Riggins 1977); little is known about the occurrence of this species in NC.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The name S. compositus has nomenclatural priority over the more traditionally familiar S. asper (Kartesz & Gandhi 1995).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA25, K4, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Tn, Va; Agrostis composita Poir.; = n/a — RAB; = Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth — F, S, WV; = Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth var. asper — C, G, HC, Riggins (1977); < Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth — Tat, Tx; > Sporobolus asper (P.Beauv.) Kunth — S13; < Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr. — Il, Mi, Pa; > Sporobolus longifolius (Torr.) Alph.Wood — S13. Basionym: Agrostis composita Poir. 1810
Links to other floras: = Sporobolus compositus var. compositus - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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