Sporobolus neglectus, common names small dropseed, small rushgrass, and puffsheath dropseed, is a plant found in North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey. It is listed is as endangered and extirpated in Maryland and as possibly extirpated in Maine.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Small Dropseed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sporobolus vaginiflorus
- Triplasis purpurea
- Sporobolus clandestinus
- Aristida dichotoma
- Muhlenbergia filiformis
- Microchloa kunthii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
- Species
- Sporobolus neglectus
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