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Scientific Name
Sorghum halepense
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
Park
Petersburg National Battlefield (PETE)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Johnsongrass
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomPlantae
SubkingdomViridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta
Superdivision Embryophyta
DivisionTracheophyta
SubdivisionSpermatophytina
ClassMagnoliopsida
SuperorderLilianae
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusSorghum
SpeciesSorghum halepense
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 8/12/2008.
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 8/12/2008. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 8/12/2008. In legacy NPSpecies Weedy value was Yes with comment: Highly invasive--VA DCR, July 2003; 0.7 acres impacted--NRMAP Data: Tim Blumenschine, Natural Resource Specialist
Abundance
Unknown
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, Botanist/NPSpecies Data Manager, 8/12/2008.
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    Priority 1: high urgency; 0.7 acres to treat--NRMAP Data: Tim Blumenschine, Natural Resource Specialist
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
1
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
JSK
Created Date
4/25/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
8/12/2008 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Found at the west end of Fort Wadsworth, the vicinity of Battery 27 to Fort Welch of Fishhook, Fort Gregg, and within Five Forks along the right-of-way along White Oak Rd. and one of the park ag fields along the route., Park Species Data Source: Akerson and Shockley, 1999/2000 (on-going study). NPBIB-178154., Accepted Detail: USDA, NRCS. 2008. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 11 August 2008). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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