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Richardson's rice grass

Achnatherum robustum

Achnatherum richardsonii

Flowering time June-July
Habitat Sandy and gravelly sites in grassland, open forest, and sagebrush grassland.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to northeastern Oregon, east to the Canadian Great Plains and south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
A. hendersonii, A. hymenoides, A. lemmonii, A. nelsonii, A. nevadense, A. occidentale, A. richardsonii, A. thurberianum
A. hendersonii, A. hymenoides, A. lemmonii, A. nelsonii, A. nevadense, A. occidentale, A. thurberianum
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