Species: Achnatherum hymenoides
Indian Mountain-ricegrass
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Achnatherum
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Indian Ricegrass - Indian ricegrass - stipe à glumes membraneuses
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Achnatherum - Oryzopsis hymenoides (as recognized in Kartesz 1994) is treated as Achnatherum hymenoides in Kartesz (1999).
Ecology and Life History
Ecology Comments
<i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i> is a successful colonizer. This is partially due to the rhizosheath, mucilaginous secretions that attach soil particles, that usually surrounds the roots and harbors nitrogen-fixing organisms (FNA 2007).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1986-12-18
Global Status Last Changed
1986-12-18
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Achnatherum hymendoides is a wide ranging species, occuring over much of western North America. In Canada, it is found in southwestern Yukon Territory and it ranges from British Columbia east to Manitoba. Its range continues south through the United States to northern Mexico (FNA 2007).