Achnatherum pinetorum

Taxobox
name = "Achnatherum pinetorum"

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image_width = 170px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Achnatherum"
species = "A. pinetorum"
binomial = "Achnatherum pinetorum"
binomial_authority = (M.E.Jones) Barkworth
synonyms = "Stipa pinetorum"

"Achnatherum pinetorum" is a species of grass known by the common names pinewoods needlegrass and pine needlegrass. It is native to most of the western United States from California to Montana to New Mexico, where it grows in woodland and forest in rocky mountainous areas. This is a perennial grass forming tight bunches of erect stems generally between 10 and 50 centimeters tall. The hairlike leaf blades are under a millimeter wide. The inflorescence is up to about 20 centimeters long and branched but with the branches running parallel against the main stalk. Each spikelet is coated densely in long hairs and has an awn up to 2.5 centimeters long with two kinks in it.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8739,8755 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACPI2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Achnatherum_pinetorum&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Achnatherum+pinetorum Photo gallery]