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SPECIES: Nassella viridula

ABBREVIATION
SYNONYMS
NRCS PLANT CODE
COMMON NAMES
TAXONOMY
LIFE FORM
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS
OTHER STATUS
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION

SYNONYMS:

Stipa viridula Trin [52,55,64,77,105,141]

COMMON NAMES:

green needlegrass
feather bunchgrass
green stipagrass

TAXONOMY:

The currently accepted scientific name of green needlegrass is Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth (Poaceae) [76].

Green needlegrass occasionally hybridizes with Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides) to produce Achnella caduca (Beal) Barkworth, a sterile plant [52,71].

In Idaho, the Natural Heritage Program and Conservation Data Center list green needlegrass as "imperiled because of rarity or because other factors demonstrably make it very vulnerable to extinction (typically 6 to 20 occurrences)." The Native Plant society lists green needlegrass as a type 2: "taxa likely to be classified as priority 1 within the foreseeable future in Idaho, if factors contributing to their population decline or habitat degradation or loss continue." The Bureau of Land Management in Idaho lists green needlegrass as sensitive: "taxa (1) that are under status review by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Marine Fisheries Service, (2) whose numbers are declining so rapidly that federal listing might become necessary, (3) with typically small and widely dispersed populations, or (4) inhabiting ecological refugia or other specialized unique habitats." It is secure globally [70].

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:

Taylor, Jennifer L. (2001, March). Nassella viridula. In: Remainder of Citation

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