PLANTS Profile for Nassella viridula (green needlegrass)

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Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth
green needlegrass

Symbol:

NAVI4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N


Other common names:
	feather bunchgrass

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Line Drawing of Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth

Stipa viridula

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 176. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth

STVI4

Stipa viridula Trin.

Distribution:
Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, SD, UT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Nassella

Classification:
Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth

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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	Nassella (Trin.) Desv. – needlegrass
Species	Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth – green needlegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth

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

View species account, distribution map, and illustration 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 507086.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View 7 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 11:43 PM CDT