PLANTS Profile for Hesperostipa spartea (porcupinegrass)

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Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth
porcupinegrass

Symbol:

HESP11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

Stipa spartea

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Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

STSP2

Stipa spartea Trin.

Distribution:
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SD, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Hesperostipa

Classification:
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

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	Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth – needle and thread
Species	Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth – porcupinegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

The synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Ohio:
Stipa spartea
porcupine grass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507977.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 11:45 PM MDT