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johnsongrass
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.


Taxonomic Rank: Liliopsida > Cyperales > Poaceae > Sorghum
Taxonomic Synonym(s):
Holcus halepensis (L.) Pers.
Sorghum miliaceum (L.) Pers.
Category: Plants: Grass or Grasslike

131 Records
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0581065 Flower(s)
0581066
1120381 Plant(s) June. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120382 Foliage June. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120383 Flower(s) July. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1120384 Feature(s) Ligule. September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
1195034 Fruit(s)

Ventral view of spikelets with pedicel and rachis segment

1265102 Plant(s)
1299122 Control Ropewick applicator
1391333 Field
1392225 Flower(s)
1459233 Fruit(s)
1459234 Infestation
1459235 Plant(s)
1459236 Seedling(s)
1459237 Feature(s) Roots
1459238 Plant(s)
1459239 Feature(s) Ligule
1459240 Feature(s) Roots
1459241 Plant(s)
1459242 Feature(s) Rhizomes
1459243 Plant(s)
1459244 Feature(s) Leaf collar region
1459245 Fruit(s)
1459246 Feature(s)
1550052 Flower(s)
1550053 Feature(s)

leaf attachment

1550054 Root(s)

rhizomes

1550055 Seed(s)
1550056 Seedling(s)
1550057 Infestation
1551073 Flower(s)
1551074 Feature(s)
1551075 Foliage
1551076 Root(s)
1551077 Root(s)

rhizomes

1556471 Fruit(s)
1556472 Fruit(s)
1556473 Fruit(s)
1556475 Seed(s)
1556477 Stem(s)

at leaf axil

1556479 Plant(s)
1556480 Foliage

showing leaf axil and single white stripe on center of leaf

1556481 Feature(s)

ligule

1556482 Feature(s)

ligule

1556483 Feature(s)

single white stripe along mid-rib of leaf

1556485 Root(s)
1556487 Flower(s)
1556489 Flower(s)
1556490 Root(s)
1556491 Plant(s)
1556492 Plant(s)
1556493 Plant(s)
1556495 Plant(s)
1556496 Flower(s)
1556498 Root(s)
1556499 Root(s)
1556500 Feature(s)

leaf axil and single white stripe along mid-rib of leaf

1556501 Feature(s)
1556504 Plant(s)
1556505 Seedling(s)
1556506 Root(s)
1556507 Feature(s)

single white stripe on mid-rib of leaf

1624073 Plant(s) Was introduced from eastern Europe into Alabama in the 1830s as a pasture forage, has become a serious weed of row crops such as cotton and corn throughout the United States.
1624081 Infestation Invasive plants complicate roadise begetation management programs, create safety hazards by obscuring visibility and increasing the intensity of roadsidefires, and provide seed sources for infestation of adjacent fields.
2100036 Plant(s)
2149083 Feature(s) Stem
2149084 Feature(s) Roots
2149085 Feature(s) Roots
2149086 Feature(s) Plant base
2149087 Feature(s) Ligule
2149088 Plant(s)
2149089 Plant(s)
2149090 Feature(s) Plant base
2149091 Feature(s) Plant base
2149092 Feature(s) Ligule
2149093 Feature(s) Stem
2149094 Foliage
2149095 Feature(s) Stem
2149096 Feature(s) Ligule
2155066 Infestation
2308021 Infestation Large infestation in September
5138045 Seed(s)
5138046 Seed(s)
5160059 Flower(s) seed head
5160060 Flower(s) seed heads
5160061 Plant(s) habit
5160062 Plant(s) plant
5246043 Root(s)
5246044 Stem(s)
5246045 Plant(s)
5246046 Fruit(s)
5307057 Diagram or Graphic Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 121.
5309001 Diagram or Graphic Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC.
5309002 Fruit(s)
5358454 Seedling(s)

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) seedlings in an onion field.

5358455 Seedling(s)

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) seedlings in an onion field.

5358456 Seedling(s)

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) seedlings in an onion field.

5361009 Plant(s)

Johngrass on a pole bean field as a weed.

5361786 Plant(s)

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) growing as a weed in a field of dry beans.

5361787 Flower(s)

Close-up view of the flower head of johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) emerging from the boot. Plant is growing in a field of dry beans.

5362345 Plant(s)

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) -- a young plant.

5362349 Infestation

A drybean field with johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) infestation.

5362350 Infestation

A drybean field with johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) infestation.

5362596 Plant(s)

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) growing as a weed in a field of dry beans.

5364428 Seed(s)

Seeds of johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense).

5376838 Fruit(s)
5376839 Fruit(s)
5376840 Fruit(s)
5376841 Fruit(s)

Spikelets with apices broken off

5376842 Fruit(s)
5376843 Fruit(s)

side view

5379565 Infestation

July

5379566 Plant(s)
5386298 Plant(s)

plant.

5386299 Plant(s)

plant with some inflorescences containing a fungus.

5386300 Flower(s)

inflorescence.

5386301 Flower(s)

inflorescence with a fungus.

5386304 Stem(s)

collar and sheath.

5389604 Plant(s)
5389605 Plant(s)
5389606 Plant(s)
5389607 Plant(s)
5391773 Plant(s)
5391774 Flower(s)
5391775 Flower(s)
5391776 Flower(s)
5392602 Infestation
5392603 Infestation

Ratty plants

5403108 Flower(s)
5403230 Foliage


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