Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor
Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor
Not native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
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- 4 or more hours of direct sun
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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County records are not available.
Who uses this plant?
15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV
Genus host records with ranges including WV · Sorghum
- Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
- Acronicta insularisHenry's Marsh Moth, Cattail Caterpillar
- Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
- Amblyscirtes hegonPepper and Salt Skipper
- Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
- Dicymolomia julianalisJulia's Dicymolomia
- Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
- Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
- Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
- Nastra lherminierSwarthy Skipper
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- Nola cereellaSorghum Cutworm, Sorghum Webworm Moth, Sorgham Webworm Moth
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Astala confederata
—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
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
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
| West Virginia rank | SNA |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| WV status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- NatureServe Explorer
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- West Virginia occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications