Xyris montana
{{Short description|Species of yelloweyed grass}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Xyris montana (7515296594).jpg
|status = G5
|status_system = TNC
|status_ref = {{Cite NatureServe|date=6 December 2024|id=2.146522|title=Xyris montana | NatureServe Explorer|access-date=28 December 2024}}
|status2 = LC
|status2_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Xyris
|species = montana
|authority =Ries 1892
|synonyms_ref = {{Tropicos}}{{ThePlantList}}
|synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true
|Xyris flexuosa var. pusilla A. Gray 1868 not Xyris pusilla R. Br. 1810
|Xyris montana f. albiflora B.Boivin
|Xyris montana f. bracteosa Haberer
|Xyris papillosa Fassett
|Xyris papillosa var. exserta Fassett
}}
}}
Xyris montana, the northern yelloweyed grass, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Xyridaceae. It grows in eastern and central Canada (from Ontario to Newfoundland) and in the northeastern and north-central United States (from Minnesota to New England and New Jersey).
Description
Xyris montana is a perennial herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall with long, narrow, deep-green leaves up to 15 cm (6 inches) long but less than 3 mm (0.12 inches) wide.{{eFloras|1 |family=Xyridaceae |first=Robert |last=Kral }}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/653618#page/66/mode/1up Ries, Heinrich 1892. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 19(2): 38][http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=PMXYR010F0 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]
Distribution and habitat
Xryis montana has been found in eastern and central Canada (Ontario to the island of Newfoundland) and in the northeastern and north-central United States (Minnesota to New England and New Jersey).{{BONAP|ref |genus=Xyris |species=montana}}
= Habitat =
This species grows in wetlands, banks of streams, and shores of glacial lakes at elevations of {{cvt|0–500|m|ft}} above sea level. Most known populations of this species occur in areas that were affected by the Wisconsin glaciation.
Conservation
{{As of|2024|December}}, the conservation group NatureServe listed Xyris montana as Secure (G5) worldwide. This status was last reviewed on 17 August 2015.
In individual states and provinces, it is listed as Secure (S5) in New York; Apparently Secure (S4) in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Pennsylvania; Vulnerable (S3) in Minnesota, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Quebec; Imperiled (S2) in Connecticut and possibly Massachusetts; Critically Imperiled (S1) in New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont; and No Status Rank (not assessed) in Maine, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.
The largest threat to this species, according to NatureServe, is the destruction of wetland habitats for peat mining, infrastructure development, or other human activities.
Taxonomy
The name Xyris montana was first published by Heinrich Ries in 1892. The name was published as a replacement name to Xyris flexuosa var. pusilla {{Small|A. Gray 1868}}.{{Cite web |title=Tropicos | Name - Xyris montana |url=https://www.tropicos.org/name/34300102 |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Tropicos}}
= Etymology =
The specific epithet montana means "of the mountains".{{Cite book |last=Dickinson |first=Richard |title=Plants of Southern Ontario |last2=Royer |first2=France |publisher=Lone Pine Publishing |isbn=9-781774-510568 |pages=154 |language=en}} In English, this species is known as the northern yelloweyed grass,{{PLANTS|id=XYMO|taxon=Xyris montana|access-date=16 September 2015}} and in French, the species is known as {{lang|fr|xyris des montagnes}}.
References
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External links
- {{Go Botany |genus=Xyris |species=montana |link=1}}
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