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'''Common name:'''  
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* Scientific Name: ''Koeleria'' ''macrantha''
[[File:Koeleria cristata3 copy.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
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* Family: Poaceae
'''Abbreviation code (Codon):''' KOMA
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* Common Names: Koeler's prairie grass, prairie junegrass
==Taxonomy==
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Koeleria'' ''cristata, Koeleria'' ''gracilis, Koeleria'' ''nitida, Koeleria'' ''yukonensis''
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* Codon: KOEMAC
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[[File:KOEMAC1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Craig Althen, 2015, also featured on Main Page]]
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===Taxonomy===
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{{Taxobox
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| name =
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| image =
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| image_alt = Koeleria macrantha
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| image_caption = Photo by Craig Althen, 2015. Featured on Main Page
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Lilianae
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| ordo = Poales
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| familia = Poaceae
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| genus = ''Koeleria'' Pers.
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| species = '''''Koeleria macrantha''''' (Ledeb.) Schult.
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| binomial =
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| binomial_authority =
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| synonyms = *''Koeleria nitida'' Nutt.
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*''Koeleria gracilis'' Pers.
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*''Koeleria yukonensis'' Hultén
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*''Koeleria cristata'' var. ''longifolia'' Vasey ex Burtt Davy
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*''Koeleria cristata ''var. ''pinetorum'' Abrams
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*''Koeleria idahoensis'' Domin
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| range_map =  
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| range_map_alt =  
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| range_map_caption =
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}}
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503284</ref>
  
==Description==
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===Description===
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Native, perennial, cool season bunchgrass.<ref name=":0">Ogle,
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Daniel G. 2012. Plant fact sheet for prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha).
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USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Boise, ID</ref>
  
==Bloom Period==
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Leaf sheaths are open, leaves are 1-2mm broad, and basally tufted.
  
==Distribution==
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Culms are 3-6 dm tall, topped with fluffy-appearing, congested inflorescences (4-13cm.) which form a spike-like panicle.
  
==Habitat==
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The spikelets are mostly 2-flowered and are borne on short pedicels with paleas shorter than the lemmas<ref name=":1">Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). ''Vascular plants
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of the South Sound prairies'' (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen
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State College Press.</ref>
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===Bloom Period===
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May - June<ref name=":1" />
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===Distribution===
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Alaska south, on both sides of Cascades, to northern Mexico, east across most of North America to Atlantic.<ref>Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref>
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===Habitat===
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Dry, sandy prairies; open woods; rocky slopes
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Dry, well-drained soils such as silts to loams to sandy loams. It has good tolerance to fire.<ref name=":0" />
  
==Uses==
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===Uses===
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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.<ref>Simonin, Kevin. 2000. Koeleria macrantha. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online].
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
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Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
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Available: <nowiki>https://www.fs.fed.us</nowiki>
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/database/feis/plants/graminoid/junroe/all.html [2020, June 9].</ref>
  
==Propagation==
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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.<ref name=":0" />
  
==References==
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===Photo Gallery===
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<gallery>
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File:KOEMAC2.jpg|photo by Craig Althen, 2010.
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File:KOEMAC3.jpg|Sheathing leaf, photo by Robert L. Carr, 2013
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File:KOEMAC4.jpg|Photo Robert L. Carr, 2013
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File:KOEMAC5.png|Seedling, courtesy of CNLM
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File:KOEMAC6.jpg|Courtesy of CNLM
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</gallery>
  
==Photo Gallery==
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=== References ===

Latest revision as of 22:58, 20 March 2021

  • Scientific 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

Photo by Craig Althen, 2015, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

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
  • Koeleria nitida Nutt.
  • Koeleria gracilis Pers.
  • Koeleria yukonensis Hultén
  • Koeleria cristata var. longifolia Vasey ex Burtt Davy
  • Koeleria cristata var. pinetorum Abrams
  • Koeleria idahoensis Domin

[1]

Description

Native, perennial, cool season bunchgrass.[2]

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[3]

Bloom Period

May - June[3]

Distribution

Alaska south, on both sides of Cascades, to northern Mexico, east across most of North America to Atlantic.[4]

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.[2]

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.[5]

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.[2]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503284
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ogle, Daniel G. 2012. Plant fact sheet for prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha). USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Boise, ID
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
  4. 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.
  5. 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].