Puccinellia parishii

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|genus = Puccinellia

|species = parishii

|authority = Hitchc.

| status = G2

| status_system = TNC

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Puccinellia parishii is an uncommon species of grass known by the common names bog alkaligrass{{PLANTS|id=PUPA|taxon=Puccinellia parishii|accessdate=15 October 2015}} and Parish's alkali grass. It is native to the western United States, where it is known from a few locations in Arizona and New Mexico, and one occurrence each in California and Colorado.

{{Cite web

|publisher=USFWS

|url=http://www.epa.gov/EPA-SPECIES/1998/September/Day-25/e25717.htm

|title=Withdrawal of Proposed Rule To List the Plant Puccinellia parishii (Parish's alkali grass) as Endangered.

|work=Federal Register

|date=September 25, 1998

|accessdate=2011-11-10

}}

Description

It grows in wet and seasonally wet habitat with alkali soils such as mineral springs. It is an annual bunchgrass with erect stems growing to {{convert|20|to|22|cm}} in maximum height with very narrow, firm leaves around the bases. The inflorescence is a small array of a few narrow branches bearing spikelets.

It is an ephemeral grass, beginning to produce stems near the end of winter, flowering in early spring, dying and withering away by July.

References

External links

[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9257,9263 Jepson Manual Treatment]
[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PUPA USDA Plants Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110611102014/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Puccinellia_parishii&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]

parishii

Category:Bunchgrasses of North America

Category:Grasses of the United States

Category:Native grasses of California

Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States

Category:Flora of New Mexico

Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts

Category:Flora of the California desert regions