Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Poaceae/Poacées - Grass Family
Piptatheropsis canadensis (Poir.) Romasch., P.M.Peterson, & Soreng
En: Canada ricegrass, Canada mountain rice
Fr: oryzopsis du Canada
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Boreal NA; sw/w/c/sNfld., N to wLab. (Lk. Ashuanipi); acid.

[=Stipa canadensis Poir. (basionym)]
[=Oryzopsis canadensis (Poir.) Torr.]
[=Oryzopsis juncea B.S.P., nom. illeg.]
[=Oryzopsis macounii (Scribn.) Beal]
[=Oryzopsis pungens sensu Fernald 1933, non (Torr. ex Spreng.) Hitchc.]
[=Piptatherum canadense (Poir.) Dorn]
[=Stipa juncea Michx., nom. illeg.]
[=Stipa macounii Scribn.]
[=Urachne canadensis (Poir.) Torr.]

[Piptatheropsis canadensis is found on talus and rocky shores of acidic bedrock Nfld. (Bouchard et al., 1991, reported as Oryzopsis canadensis). NF reports of P. pungens refer to P. canadensis.]

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