Annual Dropseed

Annual Dropseed, Poverty Dropseed

Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex Gray) Wood

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ stems and leaf bases

▲ inflorescence

Annual Dropseed, Poverty Dropseed:

summer annual, warm-season grass with very thin leaf blades and thin stems, similar to triple-awn grass
spike-like seedheads are held close to the stem, and are partially to almost entirely enclosed in sheath of stem leaves
found in similar habitat as triple-awn grass--dry, low-fertility sites--and overgrazed sites