Taxon: Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth subsp. dorei (Barkworth & J. Maze) Barkworth

See other conspecific taxa:

• Achnatherum nelsonii (11 accessions)
• Achnatherum nelsonii subsp. nelsonii (no accessions)

Common names:

• Columbia needlegrass   (Source: Grass VarUSA [as Stipa nelsonii]) – English
  

Economic importance:

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

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Yukon Territory [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - South Dakota [w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada

References:

• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. [= Stipa nelsonii].
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.

Synonyms:

• (=) Stipa columbiana auct.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (≡) Stipa nelsonii subsp. dorei Barkworth & J. Maze (basionym)
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)

Check other web resources for Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth subsp. dorei (Barkworth & J. Maze) Barkworth:

• 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

Images:

• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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