Sporobolus contractus
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Sporobolus contractus is a species of grass
known by the common name spike dropseed. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in desert and plateau habitat, in woodlands, scrub, and dry, sandy, open areas.
It is a perennial bunchgrass forming a clump or tuft of stems reaching up to 1.2 meters in maximum height. The stem bases are thick and sheathed by the hairless leaves. The inflorescence
is dense, cylindrical, and narrow. It is a spikelike series of many small whitish or grayish spikelets.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known by the common name spike dropseed. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in desert and plateau habitat, in woodlands, scrub, and dry, sandy, open areas.
It is a perennial bunchgrass forming a clump or tuft of stems reaching up to 1.2 meters in maximum height. The stem bases are thick and sheathed by the hairless leaves. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is dense, cylindrical, and narrow. It is a spikelike series of many small whitish or grayish spikelets.