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Disakisperma dubium

Disakisperma dubium

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Zacate Gigante

Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Class: Liliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Disakisperma dubium is a species of grass known by the common names green sprangletop and zacate gigante. It is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from the United States to Argentina.

This perennial grass grows up to 110 centimeters tall. The leaves are up to 35 centimeters long and are hairless to hairy or rough in texture. The leaf sheaths are sometimes purplish. The inflorescence is a branching panicle with brown or greenish spikelets.

This grass is a good forage for animals and it is sometimes added to seed mixes used for vegetating rangeland.

Source: Wikipedia, article Disakisperma dubium. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 632830
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General Pico
La Pampa
Argentina
04/22/2025
Hugo Alberto Valderrey


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
228206622/04/2025ArgentinaLa PampaReserva Natural Urbana de General Pico (laguna La Arocena), General PicoHugo Alberto Valderrey
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Disakisperma dubium – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 20/09/2026.