Mat Sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald)

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Legend	Color
Native
Expanded
Native or Not Present
Native or Expanded
Expanded or Not Present
Native or Expanded or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

Although sources generally agree on where this species occurs, different sources report wildly different cutoffs on where it is native. It is generally agreed-upon to be native to the mountain West, the central US, and part of the southeast, and to have expanded to the West Coast. Go Botany also claims it is introduced in SC, GA, NV, and AZ, in addition to anyhwere in New England. For now our map mostly follows BONAP's convention. In addition, this species is also native to Mexico and present (possibly native) in Canada; we have yet to build these portions of its map.