Biology:Piptatherum pungens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Piptatherum pungens
Piptatheropsis pungens (as Oryzopsis pungens) BB-1913.png
1913 illustration.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Piptatherum
Species:
P. pungens
Binomial name
Piptatherum pungens
(Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn
Synonyms

Oryzopsis pungens

Piptatherum pungens, also called Oryzopsis pungens, commonly called slender mountain-ricegrass, ricegrass, northern ricegrass, or slender mountain-rice, is a plant found in North America.[1] It is listed as endangered in Connecticut,[2] Iowa, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It is listed as extirpated in Indiana , as a special concern in Rhode Island, and as threatened in Vermont.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Piptatheropsis pungens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIPU9. 
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)

Wikidata ☰ Q93441266 entry