Species: Achnatherum nelsonii
Nelson's Needlegrass
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Achnatherum
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Columbia needlegrass
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Achnatherum - Kartesz's 1999 synthesis recognizes Stipa nelsonii (as in the 1994 checklist) as Achnatherum nelsonii.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1993-06-03
Global Status Last Changed
1993-06-03
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
AK and western Canada, south through most of the western US, UT, east to TX.