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green sprangletop
Disakisperma dubium
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
King Ranch bluestemBothriochloa ischaemum
Mucronate SprangletopDinebra panicea
sprangletopDiplachne fusca
KleingrassPanicum coloratum
Johnson grassSorghum halepense
switchgrassPanicum virgatum
Guinea GrassMegathyrsus maximus
big sacatonSporobolus wrightii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,133 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 751 |
| Arizona | 170 |
| New Mexico | 164 |
| Mexico | 60 |
| Oklahoma | 24 |
| Baja California Sur | 17 |
| Chihuahua | 10 |
| San Luis Potosi | 10 |
| Aguascalientes | 5 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales |
| Family | grasses · Poaceae |
| Genus | Disakisperma |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise green sprangletop with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.