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Desert Needlegrass
Pappostipa speciosa
Pappostipa speciosa (synonyms Stipa speciosa and Achnatherum speciosum) is a species of grass known by the common name desert needlegrass.: 1494 It is native to much of the south-western United States from California and Oregon to Colorado and to northwestern Mexico, where it grows in dry areas, especially sagebrush habitat. It is also native to Argentina and Chile in South America.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 490764.