Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Indian Mountain-Ricegrass, Indian Ricegrass, Mountain-Rice
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid • Growth Form: Bunch • Shape and Orientation: Erect
Flowers: Bloom Period: Late Spring • Flower Color: Yellow • Flower Conspicuous: No
Seeds: Seed per Pound: 161920 • Seed Spread Rate: Rapid • Seedling Vigor: High • Fruit/Seed Abundance: High • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No • Cold Stratification Required: Yes
Foliage: Foliage Color: Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous • Foliage Texture: Medium • Fall Conspicuous: No • Leaf Retention: No
Size/Age/Growth
Active Growth Period: Spring , Summer, Fall • Growth Rate: Moderate • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Moderate • Mature Height (feet): 2.0 • Size: 12-18" tall. • Vegetative Spread Rate: None • Lifespan: Lifespan
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,632 meters (0 to 11,916 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: No • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Spring • Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
Growth
Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium • Salinity Tolerance: Low • CaCO3 Tolerance: High • Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.6 • Fertility Requirement: Low
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun . • Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High • Minimum Precipitation: 6 • Maximum Precipitation: 16 • Moisture Use: Low
Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): -33 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 110 • Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Order:
Poales
()
- Genus:
Achnatherum
()
- Palisot de Beauvois, 1812
- Specific epithet:
hymenoides
- (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth
- Botanical name: - Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth
- Specific epithet:
hymenoides
- (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth
- Genus:
Achnatherum
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Synonyms
Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt. • Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roemer & J. A. Schultes) Ricker Ex Piper • Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. • Stipa hymenoides Roemer & J. A. Schultes
Notes
Basionym
: Poaceae Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult.
Basionym author: (Roem. & Schult.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Achnatherum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. aridum (Arid Needlegrass) · A. bloomeri (Achnatherum) · A. brachychaetum (Araucanian Needle Grass) · A. caudatum (Chilean Ricegrass) · A. clandestinum (Mexican Ricegrass) · A. contractum (Contracted Ricegrass) · A. coronatum (Giant Ricegrass) · A. curvifolium (Guadalupe Needlegrass) · A. diegoense (San Diego County Needlegrass) · A. eminens (Southwestern Needlegrass) · A. hendersonii (Henderson Ricegrass) · A. hymenoides (Indian Mountain-Ricegrass) · A. latiglume (Sierra Needlegrass) · A. lemmonii (Lemmon's Needlegrass) · A. lemmonii var. lemmonii (Lemmon Needle Grass) · A. lemmonii var. pubescens (Pubescent Lemmon's Needlegrass) · A. lettermanii (Letterman Needlegrass) · A. lobatum (Little Awn Needlegrass) · A. nelsonii dorei (Columbia Needlegrass) · A. nelsonii subsp. dorei (Columbia Needlegrass) · A. nevadense (Nevada Needlegrass) · A. occidentale californicum (Western Needlegrass) · A. occidentale pubescens (Western Needle Grass) · A. occidentale subsp. californicum (California Needlegrass) · A. parishii (Parish Achnatherum) · A. parishii var. depauperatum (Little Parish's Needlegrass) · A. parishii var. parishii (Parish Achnatherum) · A. perplexum (New Mexico Needlegrass) · A. pinetorum (Pine Needlegrass) · A. richardsonii (Richardson Needlegrass) · A. robustum (Sleepy Grass) · A. scribneri (Scribner Needlegrass) · A. speciosum (Desert Needlegrass) · A. stillmanii (Stillman's Needlegrass) · A. swallenii (Swallen Mountain-Ricegrass) · A. thurberianum (Thurber's Needlegrass) · A. wallowaensis (Wallowa Needlegrass) · A. webberi (Webber Needlegrass) · A. × bloomeri (Bloomer Moutain-Ricegrass)
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Further Reading
- Biological survey of a prairie landscape in Montana's glaciated plains: final report / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program: 2001. url , .
- Conserving globally rare plants on lands administered by the Dillon Office of the Bureau of Land Management / Helena, MT: Natural Heritage Program, c2003. url .
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 14, p. 15, p. 16, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8.
- Plant species of concern and plant associations of Powder River county, Montana / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2002. url , , .
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 306, p. 336, p. 734.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plant Characteristics Database. Accessed April 17, 2006.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 24, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- Burke Museum: Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Oregon State University: Vascular Plant Collection
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium (ALA)
- University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
- US National Plant Germplasm System: United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
- Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database
- Utah Valley State College (UVSC): Utah Valley State College Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2671724
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-507943
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:969771-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 402285
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 507943
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 969771-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA4J050
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ACHY
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12028
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,606.710 meters (5,271.358 feet), Standard Deviation = 653.930 based on 719 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
