Index / Search / Piptatheropsis canadensis
§1 Plant
Piptatheropsis canadensis (Poir.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & R.J. Soreng
vernacular Canadian ricegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Piptatheropsis
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 20 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 20 counties across 7 states/territories.
Maine view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PICA19 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6560152 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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