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Canada Mountain-ricegrass (Piptatherum canadense)

Piptatherum canadense growing in Ontario.

Photo Credit: Nate Martineau
  • Global Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Poaceae
  • State: AB, BC, LB, MB, ME, MI, MN, NB, NF, NH, NS, NY, ON, PE, QC, SC, SK, WI, WV
  • Nature Serve ID: 137223
  • Lifeform: Graminoid
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 04/08/2024
Description:

Where is Canada Mountain-ricegrass (Piptatherum canadense) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Canada Mountain-ricegrass can be found in Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Which CPC Partners conserve Canada Mountain-ricegrass (Piptatherum canadense)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley
  • 04/08/2024
  • Living Collection

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens holds wild-provenance individuals of Piptatherum canadense
in living collection.

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Nomenclature
Taxon Piptatherum canadense
Authority (Poir.) Dorn
Family Poaceae
CPC Number 449782
ITIS 565406
USDA PICA19
Duration Perennial
Common Names Canadian ricegrass | Canada Mountain-ricegrass
Associated Scientific Names Piptatheropsis canadensis | Piptatherum canadense
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Maine S2
Michigan S2
Minnesota S2
New Hampshire S1
New York S2
West Virginia S1
Wisconsin S1
South Carolina SNR
Alberta S2
British Columbia S1
Newfoundland S2
Labrador SU
Manitoba S1
New Brunswick S2S3
Nova Scotia S3
Ontario S4
Prince Edward Island SH
Quebec S4S5
Saskatchewan S3
Ecological Relationships

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