Sporobolus virginicus, known by numerous common names including seashore dropseed, marine couch, sand couch, salt couch grass, saltwater couch, coastal rat-tail grass, and nioaka, is a species of grass with a wide distribution.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Seashore 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
- Distichlis spicata
- Sporobolus pungens
- Distichlis distichophylla
- Paspalum vaginatum
- Jouvea pilosa
- Aeluropus littoralis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
- Species
- Sporobolus virginicus
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