PLANTS Profile for Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale (western needlegrass)

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Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale
western needlegrass

Symbol:

ACOCO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale

Stipa occidentalis

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale

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Synonyms:
Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale

STOC2

Stipa occidentalis Thurb.

Distribution:
Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Achnatherum, 3 subspecies in Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth

Classification:
Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale

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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 occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth – western needlegrass
Subspecies	Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale – western needlegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 525109.

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 07:52 PM CST