Sorghum halepense

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[edit] Aleppo grass

• ANPC Rank –
• Moss, Flora of Alberta – No
• Global Invasive Species Database – Yes[1]
• NatureServe Rank – High
• Haber, Upland – No
• Haber, Wetland – No
• CWF, Status & Invasive Range – No
• Alberta Revegetation Guidelines – No
• The Nature Conservancy – Yes, w/ ESA
• CBCN – No
• AB Weed – No

[edit] Remarks

Usually unable to withstand hard frost, but a frost tolerant variety has been seen in ON, extremely invasive. Not reported in Canada anywhere west of ON, but does occur in all western states.

[edit] Synonyms:

Holcus halepensis L.

Sorghum miliaceum (Roxb.) Snowden

[2] Link to USDA Plants Profile for Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.]

[3] Link to USDA Plants Characteristics for Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.]

[4] Link to NatureServe I-Rank info for Sorghum halepense

[5] Link to Missouri Department of Conservation, Vegetation Management Guide, Johnson Grass [Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.]

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 121. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society.