Disakisperma_dubium

<i>Disakisperma dubium</i>

Disakisperma dubium

Species of grass

Disakisperma dubium is a species of grass known by the common names green sprangletop and zacate gigante. It is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from the United States to Argentina.[1]

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This perennial grass grows up to 110 centimeters tall. The leaves are up to 35 centimeters long and are hairless to hairy or rough in texture.[2] The leaf sheaths are sometimes purplish.[3] The inflorescence is a branching panicle with brown or greenish spikelets.[2]

This grass is a good forage for animals and it is sometimes added to seed mixes used for vegetating rangeland.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Leptochloa dubia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  2. [2]
    Leptochloa dubia. Archived 2012-12-12 at archive.today Grass Manual Treatment.
  3. [3]
    Leptochloa dubia. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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