New York Metropolitan Flora

Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn - Mountain Ricegrass

Native

By Science Staff

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 03/09/2012

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Common Names

Mountain Ricegrass

General Discussion

This species has been reported from unspecified localities in Essex and Sussex Cos., NJ, and Orange Co., NY, but no specimens have been seen.

= Oryzopsis pungens (Torr.) A. Hitchc.  = Piptatheropsis pungens (Torr.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng

Nomenclature

Synonyms:

Oryzopsis pungens (Torr.) A. Hitchc.

Piptatheropsis pungens (Torr.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng