EPPO Global Database

Sporobolus cryptandrus(SPZCR)

Distribution details in Hungary

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1920s
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/182) : first recorded near the city of Győr in the 1920s. In 2016, surveys recorded 620 individual locations in central and east Hungary with most locations in the Kiskunság region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/208) : further spread.
References
* Kröel-Dulay G, Rigó A, Tanács E, Szitár K, Ónodi G, Aradi E, Bakró-Nagy Z, Biró M, Botta-Dukát Z, Kalapos T, Kelemen A, Laborczi A, Pásztor L, Rabuogi QA, Mojzes A (2024) Explosive spread of sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus), a C4 perennial bunchgrass, threatens unique grasslands in Hungary (Central Europe), NeoBiota 95 59-75.

* Török P, Schmidt D, Bátori Z, Aradi E, Kelemen A, Hábenczyus AA, Cando PD, Tölgyesi C, Pál RW, Balogh N, Tóth E, Matus G, Táborská J, Sramkó G, Laczkó L, Jordán S, Sonkoly J (2021).Invasion of the North American sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)–A new pest in Eurasian sand areas? Global Ecology and Conservation 32, e01942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01942
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, no details view...
Slovenia Present, no details view...
Ukraine Present, no details view...