PLANTS Profile for Nassella tenuissima (finestem needlegrass)

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Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth
finestem needlegrass

Symbol:

NATE3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	Mexican needlegrass
	Texas needlegrass

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Line Drawing of Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

Stipa tenuissima

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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Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

STTE4

Stipa tenuissima Trin.

Distribution:
Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth


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USA (CA, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Nassella

Classification:
Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) 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	Nassella (Trin.) Desv. – needlegrass
Species	Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth – finestem needlegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

View species account, distribution map, and illustration 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 507085.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:24 PM CDT