Mountain Ricegrass

Piptatheropsis pungens (Torr.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & R.J. Soreng - Grass family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind

Larval Species depending on Mountain Ricegrass: Oeneis chryxus

Native Range

CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
USA: Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.