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littleawn needlegrass
Scientific Name: Achnatherum lobatum
Family: Poaceae
Category: Monocot
Growth: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Littleawn Needlegrass (Achnatherum lobatum)
Achnatherum lobatum, commonly known as littleawn needlegrass, is a perennial graminoid plant belonging to the grass family.
Considerations for Pets
- This plant is a type of needlegrass. While the text doesn't explicitly state hazards, the term "needlegrass" may suggest sharp or pointed structures.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Achnatherum lobatum (Swallen) Barkworth
- Common Names: littleawn needlegrass, little awn needlegrass, Lobed Needlegrass
- Synonym: Stipa lobata Swallen
- Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Nomenclatural Reference: Phytologia 74: 9. 1993
Distribution and Habitat
- The plant is found in New Mexico, Arizona, and potentially other areas of the southwestern United States.
- It is associated with plant communities like Gambel oak-littleawn needlegrass and Ponderosa Pine-Arizona Fescue-Pringle needlegrass.
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- It is a perennial graminoid.
- Plants are cespitose (growing in tufts or clumps) and not rhizomatous (lacking horizontal underground stems).
- Culms (stems) are 40-100 cm tall and 0.6-2.6 mm thick.
- Culms are glabrous (smooth) or sparsely pubescent (hairy) to 5mm below the lower nodes (stem joints).
- There are 4 nodes (stem joints) present.
Resources and Further Information
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Dave's Garden
- ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database
- Smithsonian Institution
- Arctos Plants Catalogue of Life
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy