Sporobolus airoides

Sporobolus airoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Sporobolus
Species:
S. airoides
Binomial name
Sporobolus airoides
(Torr.) Torr.

Sporobolus airoides is a species of grass known by the common name alkali sacaton.[1] It is native to western North America, including the Western United States west of the Mississippi River, British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and northern and central Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat, often in alkali soils, such as in California desert regions.

  1. ^ NRCS. "Sporobolus airoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 27 November 2015.