PLANTS Profile for Piptatherum pungens (mountain ricegrass)

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Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn
mountain ricegrass

Symbol:

PIPU7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

Oryzopsis pungens

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 174. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

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Synonyms:
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

ORPU4

Oryzopsis pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SD, VT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 15 species in Piptatherum

Classification:
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Piptatherum P. Beauv. – ricegrass
Species	Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn – mountain ricegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Oryzopsis pungens
slender mountain-ricegrass		Special Concern
Indiana:
Oryzopsis pungens
slender mountain-ricegrass		Extirpated
Iowa:
Oryzopsis pungens
ricegrass		Endangered
New Jersey:
Oryzopsis pungens
slender mountain-rice grass		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Oryzopsis pungens
slender mountain-ricegrass		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Oryzopsis pungens
northern ricegrass		Special Concern
Vermont:
Oryzopsis pungens
slender mountain-rice		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565408.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 04:09 PM MDT