Details for: PI 695374, Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray, Boren Coutny Germplasm


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
Top Name:
Boren Coutny Germplasm
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
Top Name:
Boren Coutny Germplasm
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
1984.
Texas, United States
Locality: Borden County Germplasm sand dropseed was originally collected from seed in 1984 from native plants located approximately 12 miles west of Gail, TX in Borden County.
Comment: Borden County Germplasm is a selection of naturally occurring germplasm and has been unaltered from its original collection. Borden County Germplasm was evaluated against 46 other accessions of the same species and was selected as the top accession based on survivability, vigor and overall plant performance.
Donated
2004.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Boren Coutny Germplasm
Type: Institute identifier
Group: NRCS
Release Name

9042767
Type: Institute identifier
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service

NSL 439978
Type: Site identifier
Group: NSSL
National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative
Borden County Germplasm Sand dropseed is a weak, perennial, warm-season, native bunchgrass that occurs over much of the US except forested areas of the Southeast and California. Sand dropseed is common in the southern Plains. Plants are slender, 1-3 feet tall with an open densely flowered panicle. Leaf sheaths are longer than internodes and the upper sheath partly or entirely encloses the seed head, blades are flat about 1/8 inch wide and taper toward the tip. Leaf blades roll inward as plants mature. Plants reproduce from seed, many of which are held between the stem and sheath until the plant deteriorates. Borden County Germplasm may be used in pure stands or as a component in seed mixtures for range seeding and conservation reserve plantings. Sand dropseed reseeds itself readily on ranges following overgrazing or drought. It may be used for stabilizing sandy soils that have high erosion potential. Its forage value is fairly palatable to all livestock. Wildlife can utilize the plants for food and ground nesting cover.
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
Genus:
Sporobolus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:

35355
Place of publication:

Manual 576. 1848
Verified:
02/04/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Agrostis cryptandra Torr.

Autonym(s)
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray var. cryptandrus

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Vilfa cryptandra (Torr.) Trin.
Vilfa cryptandra (Torr.) Trin. var. cryptandra

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sporobolus subinclusus Phil.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishprairie grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishsand dropseed  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)sand dropseed Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 40-41.
Frenchsporobole à fleurs cacnées  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French (Canada)sporobole à fleurs cachées Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 40-41.
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.017 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 695374 2006o SDNot Available