Summary ⁶

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.

Brief ⁷

Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb

Sources and Credits

1. (c) James Coquat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Coquat
2. (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
3. (c) Tom Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tom Austin
4. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10210132
5. (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sporobolus_virginicus_plant3_(8288942309).jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporobolus_virginicus
7. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26050894

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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