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Poaceae

Columbia needlegrass

Eriocoma nelsonii (Scribn.) Romasch.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Eriocoma

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Columbia needlegrass: Columbia needlegrass in this area inhabits both two track roads as well as high-native-cover sagebrush steppe. Such ecological variation along a disturbance gra
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Czech
Osinatec Nelsonův
English
Columbia needlegrass

Synonyms

  • Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth
  • Stipa columbiana subsp. nelsonii (Scribn.) H.St.John
  • Stipa columbiana var. nelsonii (Scribn.) Hitchc.
  • Stipa nelsonii Scribn.
  • Stipa occidentalis var. nelsonii (Scribn.) C.L.Hitchc.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.