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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan
Sudangrass

       
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Photo of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan
Sorghum sudanense

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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

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Synonyms:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

  ANDR2 Andropogon drummondii Nees ex Steud.
  SOBID2 Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr.
  SOBIS Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc.
  SODR3 Sorghum drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
  SOSU4 Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf
  SOVUD4 Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. ex Chiov.
  SOVUS3 Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc.
 

Distribution:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AZ, CA, FL, HI, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NM, OR, PA, SC, TN, VA), CAN (ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Sorghum, 3 subspecies in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
 

Classification:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Sorghum Moench – sorghum
Species Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench – sorghum
Subspecies Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan – Sudangrass
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

The related entities italicized and indented above are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Indiana:
Sorghum bicolor
shattercane              Noxious weed
Iowa:
Sorghum bicolor
shattercane              Secondary noxious weed1
Maryland:
Sorghum bicolor
shatter cane, wild cane              Noxious weed
Nevada:
Sorghum bicolor
perennial sweet Sudan              Noxious weed
Ohio:
Sorghum bicolor
shatter cane              Prohibited noxious weed
Pennsylvania:
Sorghum bicolor
shattercane              Noxious weed
 
1 not a noxious weed when cultivated
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

Sorghum bicolor
black amber
chicken corn
shattercane
sorghum
wild cane

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP;        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

Sorghum bicolor:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FAC UPL FACU UPL NI NO FACU* UPL* FACU NO FAC* NO NI* FACU-
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524714.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 

Related Web Sites:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet & Harlan

APS Net-Diseases of Sorghum

FAO-Animal Feed Resources Information System

Managing Cover Crops Profitably (Sustainable Agriculture Network)

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

Weed Science Society of America

 
 
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