Species: Pascopyrum smithii
Western Wheatgrass
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Pascopyrum
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
western wheatgrass
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Pascopyrum
Ecology and Life History
Reproduction Comments
Reproduces by seed and through rhizomatous growth (Tirmenstein 1999).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1993-07-08
Global Status Last Changed
1993-07-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Great Plains; ON (Canada) to BC (Canada), south to KY, TX, CA.