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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | {{Taxobox | ||
| + | | name = ''Koeleria macrantha''| image = KOEMAC1.jpg | ||
| + | | image_alt = Koeleria macrantha | ||
| + | | image_caption = Photo by Craig Althen, 2015. Featured on Main Page | ||
| + | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | ||
| + | | subregnum = Viridiplantae | ||
| + | | phylum = Tracheophyta | ||
| + | | subphylum= Spermatophytina | ||
| + | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
| + | | subclassis = Lilianae | ||
| + | | ordo = Poales | ||
| + | | familia = Poaceae | ||
| + | | genus = ''Koeleria'' Pers. | ||
| + | | species = '''''Koeleria macrantha''''' (Ledeb.) Schult. | ||
| + | | binomial = | ||
| + | | binomial_authority = | ||
| + | | synonyms = *''Koeleria nitida'' Nutt. | ||
| + | *''Koeleria gracilis'' Pers. | ||
| + | *''Koeleria yukonensis'' Hultén | ||
| + | *''Koeleria cristata'' var. ''longifolia'' Vasey ex Burtt Davy | ||
| + | *''Koeleria cristata ''var. ''pinetorum'' Abrams | ||
| + | *''Achaeta geniculata'' E. Fourn. | ||
| + | *''Achaeta geniculata'' E. Fourn. ex Hemsl. | ||
| + | *''Aira cristata'' L. | ||
| + | *''Aira gracilis'' (Pers.) Trin. | ||
| + | *''Aira macrantha'' Ledeb. | ||
| + | *''Airochloa cristata ''(L.) Link | ||
| + | *''Airochloa gracilis'' (Pers.) Link | ||
| + | *''Brachystylus cristatus'' (L.) Dulac | ||
| + | *''Dactylis cristata'' (L.) M. Bieb. | ||
| + | *''Festuca cristata'' (L.) Vill. | ||
| + | *''Koeleria arkansana'' Nutt. ex Scribn. | ||
| + | *''Koeleria californica ''(Domin) Beetle | ||
| + | *''Koeleria elegantula'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria idahoensis'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria latifrons'' (Domin) Rydb. | ||
| + | *''Koeleria longifolia'' Nutt. ex Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria macrura'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria mukdenensis'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria nitida ''Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria oregana'' Nutt. ex Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria poiformis'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria polyantha'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria pseudocristata'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Koeleria robinsoniana'' Domin | ||
| + | *''Poa cristata'' (L.) L. | ||
| + | | range_map = | ||
| + | | range_map_alt = | ||
| + | | range_map_caption = | ||
| + | }} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 17 March 2021
- Latin Name: Koeleria macrantha
- Family: Poaceae
- Common Names: Koeler's prairie grass, prairie junegrass
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Koeleria cristata, Koeleria gracilis, Koeleria nitida, Koeleria yukonensis
- Codon: KOEMAC
Contents
Taxonomy
| Koeleria macrantha | |
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| Photo by Craig Althen, 2015. Featured on Main Page | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
| Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Lilianae |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Koeleria Pers. |
| Species: | Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
Native, perennial, cool season bunchgrass.[1]
Leaf sheaths are open, leaves are 1-2mm broad, and basally tufted.
Culms are 3-6 dm tall, topped with fluffy-appearing, congested inflorescences (4-13cm.) which form a spike-like panicle.
The spikelets are mostly 2-flowered and are borne on short pedicels with paleas shorter than the lemmas[2]
Bloom Period
May - June[2]
Distribution
Alaska south, on both sides of Cascades, to northern Mexico, east across most of North America to Atlantic.[3]
Habitat
Dry, sandy prairies; open woods; rocky slopes Dry, well-drained soils such as silts to loams to sandy loams. It has good tolerance to fire.[1]
Uses
Prairie junegrass is used as a component of native seed mixtures in revegetation of mined lands, heavy use areas and other surface disturbed lands.Prairie Junegrass acts as a early- seral species of previously water-stressed areas.[4]
Medium palatable for browsing animals and high palatability for grazing animals. Prairie junegrass is considered a fair to good forage for elk throughout the year and is desirable forage for deer and antelope in the spring and early summer.[1]
Photo Gallery
photo by Craig Althen, 2010.
Sheathing leaf, photo by Robert L. Carr, 2013
Photo Robert L. Carr, 2013
Seedling, courtesy of CNLM
Courtesy of CNLM
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ogle, Daniel G. 2012. Plant fact sheet for prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha). USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Boise, ID
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
- ↑ Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- ↑ Simonin, Kevin. 2000. Koeleria macrantha. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/graminoid/junroe/all.html [2020, June 9].
