Giant Ratstail Grass

Sporobolus pyramidalis

Found in roadsides. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 3 Alabama counties.

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats

Ecological relationships

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Sporobolus

Hesperia leonardusLeonard's Skipper, Blazing Star Skipper, Pawnee Prairie Skipper, Pawnee Montane Skipper
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

10BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Sporobolus

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.