Sporobolus schoenoides

Sporobolus schoenoides is a species of grass known by the common names swamp pricklegrass, swamp timothy, and cowpond grass. This grass is native to Europe but it is present in most other continents where it was introduced and took hold. This is an annual grass with purple-tinted green stems which forms mats and low clumps near water. It has wide-sheathed leaves and large sheaths that partially cover the inflorescences. The clublike inflorescence may exceed 4 centimeters in length and two in width. It is chunky and purple or purplish-green.

Sporobolus schoenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Sporobolus
Species:	S. schoenoides
Binomial name
Sporobolus schoenoides (L.) P.M.Peterson
Synonyms
List Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam. (L.) Host ex Roem. (L.) Roth Roshev. Crypsis schoenoides var. minor Spartina schoenoides Lange Phleum schoenoides (L.) Roth Batt. Heleochloa schoenoides var. macrostachys Crypsis schoenoides var. gracilis Podp. Heleochloa schoenoides L. Lojac. Lam. Crypsis schoenoides f. minima Spartina phleoides Roshev. Phleum supinum Crypsis schoenoides var. subcylindrica Crypsis schoenoides var. minima

References

• Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Crypsis schoenoides". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery