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Sporobolus indicus

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records that common names included "Rat-tail Grass" "Chilian Grass" and that Indigenous People of the Cloncurry River area of Northern Australia called it "Jil-crow-a-berry". It also states that Sporobolus indicus is "A fine, open, pasture grass, found throughout the colonies. Its numerous
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penetrating roots enable it to resist severe drought. It yields a fair amount of fodder, much relished by stock, but is too coarse for sheep. The seeds form the principal food of many small birds. It has been suggested as a paper-making material."
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producing a tuft of stems up to about a meter (3 feet) tall. The hairless leaves are up to 50 centimeters long. The
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of grayish or light brown spikelets, its base sometimes sheathed by the upper leaf.
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It can be found in more regions, as well as on many Pacific Islands, as an
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This bunchgrass is native to temperate and tropical areas of the Americas.
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The inflorescence and upper leaves are sometimes coated in black
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The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania
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and a common weed of disturbed habitat. It is naturalized in
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Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
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Midway Atoll
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Sporobolus
Binomial name
L.
R.Br.
grass
introduced species
Hawaii
Fiji
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
Midway Atoll
bunchgrass
inflorescence
panicle
smut fungus
Bipolaris
USDA, NRCS
"Sporobolus indicus"
PIER Profile

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