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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Eleusininae
  8. Viper Grass

genus

Viper Grass

Dinebra

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Dinebra is a genus of plants native to the world's tropics and the U.S.A.; it belongs to the grass family.

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Children

  • Mucronate Sprangletop native
  • Chinese Sprangletop present
  • Amazon Sprangle-top native
  • Nealley's Sprangletop native
  • Cats Tail Vlei Grass
  • Sticky Sprangletop native
  • Slender Cane Grass
  • Rough Sprangletop
  • Swamp Grass

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native viper grass All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Nealley's Sprangletop Dinebra nealleyi caterpillars 2
  • Mucronate Sprangletop Dinebra panicea food 2
  • Amazon Sprangle-top Dinebra panicoides
  • Sticky Sprangletop Dinebra viscida

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