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Colonel Johnson's Grass: Johnsongrass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
Affiliation:
Dep. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616
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Johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. # SORHA], native to the Mediterranean region, is one of the worst weeds ever introduced into the United States. While the precise date of its introduction is unknown, johnsongrass probably was present early in the 19th century. Before 1874, johnsongrass, described under eight botanical names and identified by over 40 common names in the literature, was most commonly called guinea grass and Means grass.

Type
Intriguing World of Weeds
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 112 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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References

1 No. 16 of the series, “Intriguing World of Weeds,” published originally in Weeds Today and continued in Weed Technology. Contributors are welcome and will be acknowledged. Send contributions to Larry W. Mitich.Google Scholar

3 Letters following this symbol are a WSSA-approved computer code from Composite List of Weeds, Weed Sci., Vol. 32, Suppl. 2. Available from WSSA, 309 West Clark Street, Champaign, IL 61820.Google Scholar