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| Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B.S.P. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Poaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Eragrostis | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Poa hypnoides Lam. | ||||||||
| Common Names: | creeping lovegrass smooth lovegrass smooth creeping lovegrass teal lovegrass |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southeastern Saskatchewan – southern Manitoba – Ontario – southwestern Quebec | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southeastern Saskatchewan; Souris River Valley | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Aspen Parkland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | muddy river shorelines | ||||||||
| Associated Species: | toad rush | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S1S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Creeping lovegrass is endangered because of rarity in Saskatchewan. It is limited to one small region of the province. This species is usually locally numerous but within in limited areas. Immediate or probable threats have been identified. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 2 – 25 cm tall | ||||||||
| Roots: | fibrous | ||||||||
| Stem: | annual, mat-forming, thread-like, creeping, branched, hollow or pithy, hairless, often rooting at the nodes; flowering branches erect | ||||||||
| Leaves: | 0.5 – 5 cm long, 1 – 3 mm wide, flat to rolled under, long or rough-hairy above, may be hairless below; sheaths slightly boat-shaped, tip long-hairy at top, otherwise hairless; ligules of hairs, 0.3 - 0.9 mm long | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | branched, dense to open, 1 – 6 cm long | ||||||||
| Spikelets: | 3 – 8 mm long, 1 – 3 mm wide, linear, 13 – 30-flowered | ||||||||
| Florets: | glumes and lemmas deciduous; glumes unequal, first glume 0.4 – 1 mm long, second glume 0.7 – 1.5 mm long, tip long or short-pointed, 1-nerved; lemmas oval to lance-shaped, tip long or short-pointed, 3-nerved, midvein rough hairy, dry and membranous between the nerves; paleas hairy on the nerves | ||||||||
| Fruits: | grain tan, somewhat flattened | ||||||||
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