Sporobolus

I had to look up the Sporobolus, not knowing much about it, and it sounds like a fine and appropriate addition to your young garden.

Leaves Of Grass(es)* « Fairegarden 2009

There is the most southerly cordgrass Spartina maritima marsh on the west coast of Africa marsh, behind the mangroves; both Ipomea pes-caprae and Sporobolus virginicus grow on the margins of the salt marshes.

Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2009

The principal emergent macrophytes in the seasonally exposed shallows are the grasses Paspalidium geminatum and Sporobolus spicatus.

Lake Turkana National Parks, Kenya 2008

The dominant grasses in these saline flooded grasslands are Eriochloa meyeriana, Sporobolus nitens, and Aristida adscensionis.

Zambezian halophytics 2008

In overgrazed areas, decreases in little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), needleandthread (Stipa comata), and Andropogon hallii, and increases in hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), Calamovilfa longifolia, and dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) are apparent.

Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands 2008

Lasiurus scindicus, Aeluropus lagopoides, and Sporobolus spp.

Thar desert 2008

On the saline fringes two macrophytes predominate; Sporobolus spicatus and the spiny grass Odyssea paucinervis.

Zambezian halophytics 2008

Dominant species are couchgrass Digitaria macroblephara, Sporobolus marginatus and S. kentrophyllus - indicators of overgrazed and saline soils.

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 2008

A dense growth of Sporobolus robustus or more open communities of Eragrostis spinosa are found along dry riverbeds within the ecoregion.

Namib desert 2008

These marshes support species such as Portulaca oleracea, Sporobolus tenellus, and Saudea fruticosa.

Zambezian halophytics 2008