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Label

Accession No. 07602 
Family Poaceae 
Species Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) Church
Subspecies var. pauciflora (J. Presl) J.I. Davis
Common name "pale false mannagrass"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (2892)  20 June 2002 , with K.T. Harper, R. Jolley
Voucher Voucher of taxa associated with Salix arizonica 
Geography United States,  Utah, Kane County
Lat./Long. 37°  27' 43" N, 112°  19 ' 11" W at 8221 feet (2506 m)
Locality Paunsaugunt Plateau, N end of Sieler Meadow, along FR087 on the NW side of the East Fork Creek, N of the East Fork Sevier River Arizona willow exclosure; 
Ecology wet seeps in a stand of Picea pungens. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora (J. Presl) J.I. Davis
     Glyceria otisii A.S. Hitchc.
     Glyceria pauciflora J. Presl
     Puccinellia pauciflora (J. Presl) Munz
     Puccinellia pauciflora var. holmii (Beal) C.L. Hitchc.
     Puccinellia pauciflora var. microtheca (Buckl.) C.L. Hitchc.
     Torreyochloa pauciflora (J. Presl) Church
     Torreyochloa pauciflora var. holmii (Beal) Taylor & MacBryde
     Torreyochloa pauciflora var. microtheca (Buckl.) Taylor & MacBryde

Common Name(s): pale false mannagrass, Washington mannagrass.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=531133, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Commelinidae
                            Order: Cyperales
                                Family: Poaceae
                                    Genus: Torreyochloa
                                        Species: Torreyochloa pallida
                                            Variety: Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 07602s1.jpg

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
07662 Artemisia frigida      "prairie sagewort" same section
07585 Astragalus miser  var. oblongifolius   "timber milkvetch" same section
07587 Astragalus miser  var. tenuifolius  same section
07661 Betula glandulosa      "resin birch" same section
07596 Carex aurea      "golden sedge" same section
07601 Carex capillaris      "hair-like sedge" same section
07604 Carex capitata      "capitate sedge" same section
07608 Carex interior      "inland sedge" same section
07605 Carex lenticularis  var. lipocarpa   "Kellogg's sedge" same section
07609 Carex oederi  var. viridula   "Green sedge" same section
07610 Carex siccata      "dryspike sedge" same section
07607 Carex simulata      "analogue sedge" same section
07599 Carex utriculata      "Northwest Territory sedge" same section
07591 Castilleja parvula  var. revealii   "Reveal's paintbrush" same section
07603 Catabrosa aquatica      "water whorlgrass" same section
07590 Catabrosa aquatica      "water whorlgrass" same section
07595 Deschampsia cespitosa  ssp. cespitosa  same section
07663 Erigeron flagellaris      "trailing fleabane" same section
07668 Geranium richardsonii      "Richardson's geranium" same section
07584 Geranium richardsonii      "Richardson's geranium" same section
07597 Glyceria striata      "fowl mannagrass" same section
07583 Habenaria sparsiflora  var. sparsiflora   "Watson's bog orchid" same section
07656 Hippuris vulgaris      "common mare's-tail" same section
07592 Juncus arcticus  ssp. littoralis   "mountain rush" same section
07600 Juncus ensifolius  var. montanus  same section
07588 Oenothera flava  var. flava   "yellow evening primrose" same section
07655 Penstemon leiophyllus  var. leiophyllus   "smooth-leaf beardtongue" same section
07594 Poa reflexa      "nodding bluegrass" same section
07660 Polemonium caeruleum      "charity" same section
07612 Polygonum viviparum      "alpine bistort" same section
07657 Potentilla gracilis  var. fastigiata   "slender cinquefoil" same section
07659 Ribes inerme      "whitestem gooseberry" same section
07598 Salix drummondiana      "Drummond's willow" same section
07581 Senecio multilobatus      "lobeleaf groundsel" same section
07667 Sisyrinchium demissum      "stiff blue-eyed grass" same section
07654 Thalictrum alpinum      "alpine meadow-rue" same section
07611 Trifolium longipes  var. pygmaeum   "pygmy summer clover" same section
07606 Triglochin palustris      "marsh arrowgrass" same section
07589 Veronica americana      "American speedwell" same section
07586 Vicia americana  var. americana   "American vetch" same section
07582 Viola nephrophylla      "northern bog violet" same section
07658 Zigadenus elegans      "mountain death camas" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Sieler Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 1816 ft. SW   Podunk Creek 
Sieler Meadow (Flat) Kane County, UT 2883 ft. SW 8239  Podunk Creek 
Dairy Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 0.9 mi. NE   Podunk Creek 
Crawford Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 1 mi. NE   Podunk Creek 
Crawford Pass (Gap) Kane County, UT 1.8 mi. SE 8547  Podunk Creek 
Podunk Guard Station (Locale) Kane County, UT 2.1 mi. NE 8120  Podunk Creek 
Mill Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 2.1 mi. SW   Podunk Creek 
Left Fork Upper Kanab Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 2.5 mi. N   Podunk Creek 
Right Fork Upper Kanab Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 2.7 mi. N   George Mountain 
Pink Cliffs Viewing Area (Locale) Kane County, UT 2.8 mi. S 9394  Podunk Creek 
Robinson Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.6 mi. SW   Alton 
Podunk Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 2.8 mi. NE   Rainbow Point 
East Fork Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 2.8 mi. NE   Podunk Creek 
Horse Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.8 mi. SW   Alton 
Coyote Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2.8 mi. NE 8196  Podunk Creek 
Coyote Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.9 mi. E   Podunk Creek 
Swapp Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 3.3 mi. SW   Alton 
Clay Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 3.5 mi. NE   Podunk Creek 
Cougar Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 3 mi. E   Podunk Creek 
Oak Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 3.7 mi. N   Tropic Reservoir 

Links

Taxon Links for species Torreyochloa pallida  (Torr.) Church

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Torreyochloa+pallida

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