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- Hesperostipa_spartea abstract "Hesperostipa spartea is a species of grass known by the common names porcupine grass, western porcupine grass, short-awn porcupine grass, porcupine needlegrass, and big needlegrass. It is native to North America, where it is widespread from British Columbia to Ontario in Canada and through the central and Great Lakes regions of the United States.This perennial bunchgrass is similar to needle-and-thread grass, but it has longer, wider, paler leaves. It can reach over a metre in height. The roots are known to reach 1.8 metres (5.9 feet) deep into the soil. The inflorescence is a panicle of spikelets. Each fruit has a very long, twisted awn, reaching up to 19 centimetres (7.5 inches) in length. As the grass expands or contracts according to the temperature and moisture conditions, the awns twist or untwist to eventually drill the seeds into the soil – a phenomenon known as geocarpy. The awns containing several seeds may tangle together and the mass is blown away from the parent plant on the wind. They also stick to animals, another vector of seed dispersal.This grass is common and is a dominant grass in various prairie and grassland ecosystems in the Great Plains. In Alberta it is codominant with rough fescue on the grasslands. In other areas it may be codominant with little bluestem. It may be a pioneer species or a climax species, occurring in all stages of ecological succession. It thrives on poor soils and it can invade disturbed habitat such as gopher mounds. It can also be a long-term component of climax grassland and prairie.This grass is not ideal for livestock but it is generally palatable, especially in the spring. It is also valuable in the fall when it remains green as other grasses dry out. When the fruit is mature, the long, sharp awns reduce the palatability of the grass.Native Americans such as the Omaha and Pawnee made brushes from this plant by tying the awns together and burning off the sharp seeds at the ends.".
- Hesperostipa_spartea binomialAuthority Carl_Bernhard_von_Trinius.
- Hesperostipa_spartea class Monocotyledon.
- Hesperostipa_spartea conservationStatus "G5".
- Hesperostipa_spartea conservationStatusSystem "TNC".
- Hesperostipa_spartea division Flowering_plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea family Poaceae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea family Pooideae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea genus Hesperostipa.
- Hesperostipa_spartea kingdom Plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea order Commelinids.
- Hesperostipa_spartea order Poales.
- Hesperostipa_spartea synonym "Stipa spartea".
- Hesperostipa_spartea thumbnail Stipa_spartea.jpg?width=300.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageExternalLink profile?symbol=HESP11.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageExternalLink NatureServe?searchName=Hesperostipa+spartea.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageID "34165695".
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageLength "3982".
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageOutDegree "43".
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageRevisionID "657293565".
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Alberta.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Awn_(botany).
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Brush.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Bernhard_von_Trinius.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bunchgrasses_of_North_America.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Grasses_of_Canada.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Grasses_of_the_United_States.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Native_grasses_of_the_Great_Plains_region.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pooideae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Climax_species.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Commelinids.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Common_name.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Dominance_(ecology).
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Ecological_succession.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Ecosystem.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Festuca_scabrella.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Flowering_plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Geocarpy.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Gopher.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Grassland.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Great_Lakes.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Great_Plains.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Hesperostipa.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Hesperostipa_comata.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Inflorescence.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Mary_Barkworth.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Monocotyledon.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Omaha_people.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Panicle.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Pawnee_people.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Pioneer_species.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Poaceae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Poales.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Pooideae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Prairie.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Schizachyrium_scoparium.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Seed_dispersal.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLink Tussock_(grass).
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hesperostipa spartea".
- Hesperostipa_spartea binomial "Hesperostipa spartea".
- Hesperostipa_spartea binomialAuthority "Barkworth".
- Hesperostipa_spartea familia Poaceae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea genus "Hesperostipa".
- Hesperostipa_spartea ordo Poales.
- Hesperostipa_spartea regnum Plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea species "H. spartea".
- Hesperostipa_spartea status "G5".
- Hesperostipa_spartea statusSystem "TNC".
- Hesperostipa_spartea subfamilia Pooideae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea synonyms "Stipa spartea".
- Hesperostipa_spartea unrankedClassis Monocotyledon.
- Hesperostipa_spartea unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea unrankedOrdo Commelinids.
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- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Hesperostipa_spartea subject Category:Bunchgrasses_of_North_America.
- Hesperostipa_spartea subject Category:Grasses_of_Canada.
- Hesperostipa_spartea subject Category:Grasses_of_the_United_States.
- Hesperostipa_spartea subject Category:Native_grasses_of_the_Great_Plains_region.
- Hesperostipa_spartea subject Category:Pooideae.
- Hesperostipa_spartea hypernym Grass.
- Hesperostipa_spartea type Eukaryote.
- Hesperostipa_spartea type Plant.
- Hesperostipa_spartea type Species.
- Hesperostipa_spartea type Thing.
- Hesperostipa_spartea type Q19088.
- Hesperostipa_spartea type Q756.
- Hesperostipa_spartea comment "Hesperostipa spartea is a species of grass known by the common names porcupine grass, western porcupine grass, short-awn porcupine grass, porcupine needlegrass, and big needlegrass. It is native to North America, where it is widespread from British Columbia to Ontario in Canada and through the central and Great Lakes regions of the United States.This perennial bunchgrass is similar to needle-and-thread grass, but it has longer, wider, paler leaves. It can reach over a metre in height.".
- Hesperostipa_spartea label "Hesperostipa spartea".
- Hesperostipa_spartea sameAs Q3134721.
- Hesperostipa_spartea sameAs Hesperostipa_spartea.
- Hesperostipa_spartea sameAs m.0hrfwqy.
- Hesperostipa_spartea sameAs Q3134721.
- Hesperostipa_spartea wasDerivedFrom Hesperostipa_spartea?oldid=657293565.
- Hesperostipa_spartea depiction Stipa_spartea.jpg.