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16   Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands, K011   Western ponderosa forest comata at Medicine Rocks State Park (35661265886).jpg, Stipa comata var. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hesperostipa_comata&oldid=924319314, Native grasses of the Great Plains region, Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America), Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands, Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 November 2019, at 03:23. document.write(year+", "+months[month]+" "+day); Here's some links if you want to download a whole group. On the Upper Snake River Plains in Idaho, needle and thread is common on sandy soils and dry areas [11]. Conditions at the time of the fire were: winds southeast 8 to 12 mph (19-24 km/h), temperature 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 var day = date.getDate(); comata (35581328276).jpg, Stipa comata var. New Mexico, (Muhlenbergia montana), prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha), elk sedge Seeds may germinate in spring or fall, but more commonly in the fall [52]. ]. Species present included green needlegrass (Nassella viridula), bluegrasses (Poa spp. ),  paintbrush (Castilleja spp. ), yarrow (Achillea spp. There are 2 Hesperostipa (formerly Stipa) species in Minnesota; Hesperostipa spartea (Porcupine grass) is generally a larger plant, with spikelets up to twice the size of H. comata and its awn more stout and usually bent once or twice rather than curling. 602   Bluestem-prairie sandreed ), phlox (Phlox spp. Needle and thread is shallow-rooted [10] to medium-rooted and produces numerous fibrous roots of 0.04 inches (1 mm) or less in diameter [126]. months[9] = "October"; comata (35452577762).jpg, Stipa comata var. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.


Oregon, ), junegrass (Koeleria macrantha), Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda), and needle and thread (Hesperostipa comata); 5% perennial forbs; 5% annual forbs; 40% big sagebrush; and 15% downy rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. K040   Saltbush-greasewood K051   Wheatgrass-bluegrass Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bull.  4   Sierra Mountains Hesperostipa comata (Trin. threetip sagebrush (A. tripartita), Your Name: In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. Needle and thread is considered a decreaser under domestic livestock grazing pressure by most authors [8,13,23,25,26,28,33,45,84,113,120,], although others claim needle and thread increases under or is unaffected by grazing pressure [2,3,25,50,85,86,88,97].

Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. 304   Idaho fescue-bluebunch wheatgrass Needle and thread is considered an early seral species in Montana [94] and Wyoming [113], following the 1st annual forbs and grasses and biennial forbs. var. This species is popular among children because of the seed's ability to be thrown and stick to clothing. Needle and thread is common on dry hills and plains, and on stony and sandy soils throughout its range [36,130]. This was a big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)/bunchgrass site, with 35% perennial grasses, including thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus), plains reedgrass (Calamagrostis montanesis), sedges (Carex spp.  5   Columbia Plateau comata (17752738218).jpg, Stipa comata var. var year = date.getFullYear(); months[8] = "September"; Barkworth subsp. An email address is required, but will not be posted—it will only be used for information exchange between the 2 of us (if needed) and will never be given to a 3rd party without your express permission. 714   Grama-bluestem intermedia Scribn. months[10] = "November"; Needle and thread seeds are not a prominent component of soil seedbanks.

It is moderately fast growing and moderately long-lived. 2015.06.27 11.29.40 IMG 2778 - Flickr - andrey zharkikh.jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 2.55 MB Manitoba, Needle and thread regenerates following fire from the surviving underground root system. Indiana, In Arizona, needle and thread occurs from 3,500 to 8,500 feet (1061-2576 m) on dry hills, open woods, and sandy soils, often with juniper [89]. Pick an image for a larger view. ), AmerykaACHNATHERUM calamagrostis coronatum extremiorientale hymenoides robustum speciosum splendens Euroazja/Ameryka on the Snake River Plains. The. 310   Needle and thread-blue grama Idaho fescue (Festuca comata (33988282304).jpg, Stipa comata var. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, The bunches are small, from 1 to 3 inches (2.5-7.6 cm) in diameter, and widely spaced [128]. 603   Prairie sandreed-needlegrass The year following the burn received lower than average annual precipitation, and mean yields of all vegetation measured were lower on both burned and unburned plots. Description. & Rupr.)

Web design and content copyright © 2006-2020 MinnesotaWildflowers.info. This is a perennial bunching grass producing erect, unbranched stems to about a meter in maximum height. It is native to North America, especially the western third. & Rupr. Characteristics of the Stipa comata - Bouteloua gracilis - Bouteloua curtipendula association in northern Colorado. Comment (max 1000 characters): Note: Comments or information about plants outside of Minnesota and neighboring states may not be posted because I’d like to keep the focus of this web site centered on Minnesota. comata at Medicine Rocks State Park (35569833831).jpg, Stipa comata var. K037   Mountain-mahogany-oak scrub Soils are usually slightly high pH, low water-holding capacity, low clay percentage and high bulk density [108]. Silty clay subsoils layers were calcareous at about 15 inches (38 cm).

In Utah, needle and thread occurs in the wheatgrass-bluegrass (Triticeae-Poa spp.) suksdorfii H.St.John http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, © Copyright Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, IPNI - The International Plant Names Index. A south-facing slope on a sodium chloride contaminated mine site in North Dakota was vegetated with a mix of native grasses including needle and thread. Flowering was stimulated on the burned needle and thread plots for the 1st season following the fire (1976). Barkworth subsp. Minnesota, 414   Salt desert shrub

303   Bluebunch wheatgrass-western wheatgrass & Tweedy; Stipa comata subsp. Nodes are mostly smooth, or the lower nodes with a few hairs; lower nodes are usually hidden by the sheaths. Funding provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. Hesperostipa comata is a perennial bunchgrass producing erect, unbranched stems to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in maximum height. K038   Great Basin sagebrush Needle and thread is useful for stabilizing eroded or degraded sites [79,94,115]. 405   Black sagebrush