Other conspecific taxa:

• Sorghastrum nutans subsp. nutans (0 accessions)
• Sorghastrum nutans subsp. pellitum (0 accessions)

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

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Andropogon avenaceus Michx.
• Basionym: Andropogon nutans L.
• (=) Andropogon nutans var. avenaceus (Michx.) Hack.
• (≡) Andropogon nutans var. nutans L.
• (=) Chrysopogon avenaceus (Michx.) Benth.
• (=) Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash

Common names:

• Indian grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• wood grass  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• yellow Indian grass  (Source: Federal Seed Act) - English
• faux-sorgho penché  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• indiangräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage
• Environmental: ornamental; revegetator (of range, roadsides, and prairies fide Grass VarUSA) wildlife habitat (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 1999, 2001) wildlife habitat (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 1999, 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Ontario (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.e.), Manitoba (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana (e.), Wyoming (s.e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah (s.)]
• Mexico


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
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3. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
4. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
6. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
8. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
9. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
11. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
12. Meyer, M. H. 2012. Chapter 3. Ornamental grasses in the United States. Hort. Rev. 39:121-151.
13. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:595.
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15. 1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=35084. Accessed 1 July 2024.