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Piptatherum pungens

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Species of flowering plant

Piptatherum pungens
1913 illustration.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It is listed as extirpated in Indiana, as a special concern in Rhode Island, and as threatened in Vermont.

References

  1. ^ NRCS. "Piptatheropsis pungens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  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.)
Taxon identifiers
Piptatherum pungens


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