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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Sporobolus heterolepis
Phenology Observation Sheet for Grasses

COMMON NAME

prairie dropseed

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Sporobolus heterolepis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Northern dropseed

Plant family

Grass (Poaceae)

Plant group

Grasses

This perennial prairie grass forms a mound up to 1 to 2 feet high. It forms flowering panicles on stems that rise well above the foliage clump. Bloom occurs from late July to mid September.
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Identification hints

Prairie dropseed typically can be found in drier prairies, glades, open ground and along railroads.  It has been introduced as a ground cover, ornamental grass, native plant gardens, or as an accent for foundation plantings or borders.  Tiny rounded mature seeds drop to the ground from their hulls in autumn giving rise to the descriptive common name.

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When rubbed, the mature flower cluster can smell like popcorn or coriander.

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Arkansas , Colorado , Connecticut , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Mexico , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , South Dakota , Virginia , Wisconsin , Wyoming
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