Taxon:
Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth subsp. nelsonii
Summary
Verified:
06/01/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
Nelson's needlegrass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, Nevada, Utah]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Stipa nelsonii |
Environmental | revegetator | as Stipa nelsonii | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |