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| Phleum alpinum L. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Poaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Phleum | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Phleum alpinum var. commutatum
(Gaudin) Griseb. Phleum commutatum Gaudin Phleum commutatum var. americanum (Fourn.) Hultén |
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| Common Names: | alpine timothy mountain timothy |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon – western Mackenzie District, British Columbia – southwestern Alberta – southwestern Saskatchewan, Ontario – Ungava – Labrador – Nova Scotia | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills– Frenchman River Valley | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | moist meadows, hillsides and shores | ||||||||
| Associated species: | lodgepole pine | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Alpine timothy is vulnerable because it is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan. It is only somewhat regionally restricted and local population sizes vary. No immediate threats are known but may occur in the future. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 15 – 50 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | roots fibrous; rhizomes, if present, short | ||||||||
| Stem: | tufted, often bent at the base | ||||||||
| Leaves: | blades to 17 cm long, 4 – 7 mm wide, flat, rough-hairy above and on the margins; sheaths of flag leaves inflated, round, hairless; ligules 1 – 4 mm wide, membranous, square; ear-like lobes at the base of the leaf not well-developed | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | branched, 1 – 6 cm long, 5 – 10 mm wide, nearly round to cylindrical | ||||||||
| Spikelets: | 1-flowered | ||||||||
| Flowers: | glumes 2.5 – 4.5 mm long, ridge with stiff hairs, margin rough-hairy, awn 2 – 3 mm long; lemmas shorter than glumes, hairless, unawned; paleas similar to lemmas | ||||||||
| Fruits: | grain | ||||||||
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