Index / Search / Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii
§1 Plant
Achnatherum lemmonii (Vasey) Barkworth var. lemmonii
vernacular Lemmon's needlegrass — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Achnatherum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 86 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–20 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 239,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 86 counties across 7 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
California view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Yuba 06115
Idaho view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Polk 41053
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Wheeler 41069
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACLEL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10323621 ↗Record version
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