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Genus: S

Sagina
Corsican moss
Salvia
pineapple sage
Sambucus
sweet elderberry
Sanguinaria
bloodroot
Saponaria
Mediterranean pink
Sasa
bamboo
Sasaella
bamboo
Sassafras
sassafras
Saururus
lizard's tail
Saxifraga
strawberry begonia
Schizachyrium
bunchgrass; little bluestem
Scirpus
bulrush
Sedum
(sedum); golden moss; wall pepper; wild stonecrop; worm grass; yellow stonecrop
Semiarundinaria
bamboo
Sempervivum
cobweb houseleek; common houseleek; hens-and-chickens
Senecio
golden groundsel
Shibataea
bamboo
Silene
fire pink
Silphium
cup plant
Sisyrinchium
pointed blue-eyed grass
Sorghastrum
Indian grass
Spartina
variegated prairie cordgrass
Sphagnum
sphagnum moss
Spigelia
Indian pink
Spiraea
meadowsweet
Sporobolus
prairie dropseed
Stachys
Betony; hedge nettle; woundwort
Stokesia
Stokes' aster
Stylophorum
celandine poppy; wood poppy
Styrax
Japanese snowbell tree
Symphytum
comfrey
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Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Sporobolus

(Gramineae - grass family)
About 100 species of annual or perennial grasses, of wide distribution. They furnish forage for livestock and wildlife, and the seeds are an important food source for birds. The seeds of at least two species have been used as human food. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals. Can't ship to CA.
heterolepis peren • ht 2' • zones 3-8

prairie dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis - Nov 21
native, ornamental grass, wildlife, dry - moist, sun
N Amer

Forms a small, dense clump with slender, arching leaves. Outstandingly attractive in flower and seed. The seeds are a valuable food for ground-feeding birds. Tolerant of dry, rocky situations.

cat # 8V1A
$7.95 each / 3-9, $7.50 ea / 10+, $6.95 ea