Poverty oatgrass inhabits much of the United States. It is distributed from
British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Florida, New Mexico, and Mexico
[11,20,21,25,57]. The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides a
map of poverty oatgrass' distribution in the United States
(http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi).
1 Jack pine
5 Balsam fir
15 Red pine
16 Aspen
17 Pin cherry
20 White pine-northern red oak-red maple
21 Eastern white pine
22 White pine-hemlock
39 Black ash-American elm-red maple
40 Post oak-blackjack oak
42 Bur oak
45 Pitch pine
52 White oak-black oak-northern red oak
55 Northern red oak
70 Longleaf pine
71 Longleaf pine-scrub oak
76 Shortleaf pine-oak
82 Loblolly pine-hardwood
201 White spruce
203 Balsam poplar
218 Lodgepole pine
Poverty oatgrass is a component in many grass, shrub, and forest habitats. Despite its abundance,
poverty oatgrass is not cited as a habitat type indicator species because it is a secondary successor
on burned and anthropogenically disturbed sites. Common eastern and prairie
associates of poverty oatgrass include lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), goldenrod (Solidago spp.),
bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium),
junegrasses (Koelaria spp.), threeawans (Aristida spp.), panicgrasses (Panicum spp.),
wheatgrasses (Triticeae), fescues (Festuca spp.), needlegrasses (Achnatherum spp.), and
bluegrasses (Poa spp.) [15,33,36,42,46,50,58].
Related categories for
SPECIES: Danthonia spicata
| Poverty Oatgrass
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Courtesy: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research
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