The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828--8176 Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 298; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; Taxon: scientificName: Sporobolusairoides (Torr.) Torr.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Monocots; order: Poales; family: Poaceae; genus: Sporobolus; specificEpithet: airoides; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Torr.) Torr.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Roadside along ATV trail 2 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station; verbatimElevation: 1348 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'53.8"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°46'18"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Saarela, Jeffery M. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 23, 2014 ; habitat: Dry sandy streambed, grass-dominated community; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607494; collectionCode: CAN ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes This species was previously reported for the San Rafael Swell ( Harris 1983 ), and was encountered on sandy soils north of MDRS (Fig. 42). Welsh et al. (1993) recognize two varieties in S. airoides , however Peterson et al. (2003) do not. We follow the latter treatment here. Supplemental File: CAN 607494 (Suppl. material 63).