Taxon:
Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth
Summary
Place of publication:
Phytologia 74:16. 1993
Verified:
06/02/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
- Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.
- Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Stipa comata
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.
- Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.
- Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.
- Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.
- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
needle-and-thread grass – needlegrass – spear grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | United States | | w. & c., sporadic in e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
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 | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Yukon | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | s.w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Yukon (s.)]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba (s.w.), British Columbia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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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, California, Nevada, Utah]
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REGION:
United States (w. & c., sporadic in e.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | mechanical injury fide Grass US, as Stipa comata; Intermt F, as Stipa comata | Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. |