Eriocoma arida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Eriocoma |
| Species: | E. arida
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriocoma arida (M.E.Jones) Romasch. (2019)
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Eriocoma arida is a species of grass known by the common name Mormon needlegrass. It is native to the southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico.
Description
[edit]Eriocoma arida is a tuft-forming perennial bunchgrass without rhizomes. The bunches of stems reach a maximum height of around 85 centimetres (33 in). The inflorescence is a panicle often partly enfolded in the narrow sheath of the uppermost leaf. The spikelets have hairlike awns 4–8 centimetres (1.6–3.1 in) long.[2]
Range and habitat
[edit]Eriocoma arida ranges across the southwestern United States, from California's Mojave Desert through Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico to Texas, and in the states of Nuevo León and Hidalgo in northeastern Mexico.[1]
It is a resident of high desert scrub and woodland habitat at some elevation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eriocoma arida (M.E.Jones) Romasch. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Achnatherum aridum". Grass Manual Treatment. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Eriocoma
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Colorado
- Flora of Utah
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Plants described in 1895
- Pooideae stubs