Species: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Bluebunch Wheatgrass
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Pseudoroegneria
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
agropyre à épi - bluebunch wheatgrass
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Pseudoroegneria
Ecology and Life History
Reproduction Comments
Plants producing rhizomes tend to favor moister habitats and cespitose plants, dry habitats (FNA 2007).
Ecology Comments
Pseudoregneria spicata aclimates to a wide range of moisture conditions by flexibitly in osmoregulation. It is also drought-resistant (Zlatnik 1999).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1993-11-29
Global Status Last Changed
1994-05-25
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
CA (North Coast Ranges, Cascade Ranges, north and central Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau); to Canada, CO.