Plants Profile for Piptatheropsis pungens (mountain ricegrass)

General Information
Symbol:	PIPU9
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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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: 174. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
ORPU4	Oryzopsis pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Hitchc.
PIPU7	Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn	mountain ricegrass

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Piptatheropsis Romasch., P.M. Peterson & R. J. Soreng – ricegrass
Species	Piptatheropsis pungens (Torr.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & R.J. Soreng – mountain ricegrass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is 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.
Connecticut Oryzopsis pungens slender mountain-ricegrass Special Concern
Indiana Oryzopsis pungens slender mountain-ricegrass Extirpated
Iowa Oryzopsis pungens ricegrass Endangered
New Jersey Oryzopsis pungens slender mountain-rice grass Endangered
Pennsylvania Oryzopsis pungens slender mountain-ricegrass Endangered
Rhode Island Oryzopsis pungens northern ricegrass Special Concern
Vermont Oryzopsis pungens slender mountain-rice Threatened

Wetland Status

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