Taxon: Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth subsp. nelsonii

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See other conspecific taxa:

• Achnatherum nelsonii (11 accessions)
• Achnatherum nelsonii subsp. dorei (7 accessions)

Common names:

• Nelson's needlegrass   (Source: F Utah ed2 [as S. nelsonii]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: revegetator   (fide Grass VarUSA, as Stipa nelsonii)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide F Utah ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Nevada, Utah

References:

• Hartman, R. L. et al. 2006. New vascular plant records for New Mexico. Sida 22:1229–1230.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. [= S. nelsonii].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Stipa columbiana var. nelsonii (Scribn.) H. St. John
  
• (≡) Stipa nelsonii Scribn. (basionym)
  
• (=) Stipa nelsonii subsp. nelsonii
  

Check other web resources for Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth subsp. nelsonii:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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