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Eriocoma parishii
Eriocoma parishii is a species of grass known by the common name Parish's needlegrass.. It is also known by the synonyms Stipa parishii and Achnatherum parishii. The Jepson Manual 2nd edition (2012) reclassified the plant as Stipa parishii var. parishii.
The bunchgrass is native to western North America from southern California and Baja California, through Arizona and Nevada, to Utah, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially chaparral and other dry habitats. It is found from 900–2,700 metres (3,000–8,900 ft) in elevation. Locations include the Peninsular Ranges, Mojave Desert sky islands, southern Sierra Nevada and High Sierra, Inyo Mountains, White Mountains, and Great Basin Desert mountains.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriocoma parishii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
