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Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor

Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light
4 or more hours of direct sun

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · 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 32 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

31CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Sorghum

  • Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
  • Acronicta insularisHenry's Marsh Moth, Cattail Caterpillar
  • Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
  • Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm
  • Amblyscirtes hegonPepper and Salt Skipper
  • Anatrachyntis badiaFlorida Pink Scavanger Caterpillar
  • Anatrachyntis rileyiPink Scavanger Caterpillar
  • Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
  • Diatraea crambidoidesSouthern Cornstalk Borer
  • Dicymolomia julianalisJulia's Dicymolomia
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  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Feltia repletaReplete Dart
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Lerema acciusClouded Skipper, Corn Leaf tier
  • Lerodea eufalaEufala Skipper, Gray Skipper, Rice Leafroller
  • Leucania subpunctataWhite-Dotted Wainscot, Forage Armyworm
  • Mocis disseveransYellow Mocis
  • Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
  • Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
  • Nastra fuscaNeamathla Skipper
  • Nastra lherminierSwarthy Skipper
  • Nola cereellaSorghum Cutworm, Sorghum Webworm Moth, Sorgham Webworm Moth
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
  • Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Astala confederata
  • Erelieva quantulella
  • Phidotricha erigens
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
23BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

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

  • Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
  • Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
  • Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
  • Branta canadensisCanada Goose
  • Callipepla gambeliiGambel's Quail
  • Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
  • Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
  • Columba liviaRock Pigeon
  • Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
  • Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
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  • Corvus cryptoleucusChihuahuan Raven
  • Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
  • Dendrocygna autumnalisBlack-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
  • Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
  • Passer domesticusHouse Sparrow
  • Quiscalus majorBoat-tailed Grackle
  • Quiscalus mexicanusGreat-tailed Grackle
  • Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle
  • Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
  • Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
  • Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

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

Plant details

Family
POACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Conservation status

Florida rankSNA
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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