PLANTS Profile for Achnatherum webberi (Webber needlegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth
Webber needlegrass

Symbol:

ACWE3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth

Oryzopsis webberi

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 webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth

	ORWE	Oryzopsis webberi (Thurb.) Benth. ex Vasey
	STWE	Stipa webberi (Thurb.) B.L. Johnson

Distribution:
Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth


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Related Taxa:
Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Achnatherum

Classification:
Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) 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 webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth – Webber needlegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507962.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 08:58 AM CDT