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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: | Juncus bufonius | ||||||||
| 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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| Eragrostis hypnoides 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, capillary, creeping, branched, hollow or pithy, glabrous, often rooting at the nodes; flowering branches erect | ||||||||
| Leaves: | 0.5 – 5 cm long, 1 – 3 mm wide, flat to involute, apex pilose or scabrous adaxially, may be glabrous abaxially; sheaths slightly keeled, pilose, otherwise glabrous; ligules of hairs, 0.3 - 0.9 mm long | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | panicle 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, apex acute to acuminate, 1-nerved; lemmas ovate to lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, 3-nerved, midvein scabrous, hyaline between the nerves; paleas pubescent on the nerves | ||||||||
| Fruits: | caryopsis tan, somewhat flattened | ||||||||
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