Representative Images

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1149191 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Field USDA APHIS PPQ Archive	1149193 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Damage USDA APHIS PPQ Archive	5357357 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Plant(s) Howard F. Schwartz	5362693 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Plant(s) Howard F. Schwartz
5363889 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Field Howard F. Schwartz	5386296 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Stem(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso	5464099 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Inflorescence(s) Lyndon Photography	5464101 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Inflorescence(s) Christina Southwick
5467297 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Fruit(s) D. Walters and C. Southwick	5467298 sorghum Sorghum bicolor Spikelet(s) D. Walters and C. Southwick

Maps

EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org

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State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org

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Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.

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	Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops

Invasive Listing Sources

Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: Commelinidae

Order: Cyperales

Family: Poaceae

Genus: Sorghum

Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
black amber, broom-corn, broomcorn, chicken corn, shatter cane, shattercane, wild cane

References

Common Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Scientific Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.