PLANTS Profile for Achnatherum nelsonii (Columbia needlegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth
Columbia needlegrass

Symbol:

ACNE9

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth

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Distribution:
Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Achnatherum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. dorei (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth. . Image Available.

Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei
Dore's needlegrass

Distribution of Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. nelsonii. . Image Available.

Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii
Columbia needlegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Achnatherum P. Beauv. – needlegrass
Species	Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth – Columbia needlegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507948.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 02:17 PM CST