Species profile—Sporobolus virginicus (sand couch)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Poaceae (grass) → Sporobolus virginicus (sand couch)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Poaceae (grass)
- Scientific name
- Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth
- Common name
- sand couch
- WildNet taxon ID
- 15003
- Alternate name(s)
- marine couch
salt couch
rats tail grass
saltwater couch - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=15003.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
