Details for: PI 675555, Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash, 9081282

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash

Top Name:

9081282

Origin:

Collected – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

31 Mar 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 675555 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash

Top Name:

9081282

Origin:

Collected – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

31 Mar 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

PRE 2002.
North Carolina, United States

Donated

2004.
New Jersey, United States

Donor(s):

Miller, Chris, USDA-NRCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

9081282

Type: Institute identifier

NSL 439972

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Suther Prairie Indiangrass is a native, perennial, warm-season bunchgrass and a major component of the tall grass vegetation which once dominated the prairies of the central and eastern United States. Indian grass grows 3-5 ft tall. Even as a young plant, it can be distinguished from other native grass species by the rifle-sight ligule at the point where the leaf attaches to the stem. The leaf blade also narrows at the point of attachment. The seed head is a single, narrow, plume-like panicle of a golden brown color. The seed is light and fluffy with small awns attached. Suther Germplasm Indian grass is recommended for roadside revegetation, critical area, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes, and prairie restoration. Indiangrass can provide hay and forage to all classes of livestock. Its forage rates good to excellent if plants are utilized in the leafy stage and before seed head emergence. It is an important part of prairie pastures and is considered a long-lived perennial. This release is recommended for planting throughout the mid-Atlantic area of the Eastern United States.

Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash

Genus:

Sorghastrum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Apludinae

Nomen number:

35084

Place of publication:

J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 66, 1326. 1903

Verified:

06/12/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Andropogon nutans L.

Autonym(s)
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash subsp. nutans

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon nutans L. var. nutans
Sorghum nutans (L.) A. Gray
Sorghum nutans (L.) A. Gray subsp. nutans

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon avenaceus Michx.
Andropogon nutans L. var. avenaceus (Michx.) Hack.
Chrysopogon avenaceus (Michx.) Benth.
Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Indian grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	wood grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	yellow Indian grass	1	1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
French	faux-sorgho penché	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedish	indiangräs	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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