BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Piptatheropsis exigua
little ricegrass
| Scientific Name: | Piptatheropsis exigua (Thurb.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng | ||||||||||
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Oryzopsis exigua
Piptatherum exiguum |
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| English Name: | little ricegrass | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Cronquist, A., A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. 1977. Intermountain flora: vascular plants of the intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. Six. Monocotyledons. Columbia Univ. Press, New York. 584 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | PIPTEXG | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4G5 (Feb 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Dry, open ground and open woods to mountain meadows within mixed conifer woods. 8,000 - 10,000 ft. (Kartesz, 1988). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | This species occurs in western North America from Colorado to Utah, Nevada, and California north to Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, to British Columbia and Alberta. | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Piptatheropsis exigua. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).