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Pascopyrum smithii
pubescent wheatgrass, western wheatgrass
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Á. Löve
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Poaceae, Genus Pascopyrum, Species Pascopyrum smithii


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MN: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Buffalo National River	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	El Morro National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jewel Cave National Monument
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Mesa Verde National Park
Missouri National Recreational River	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Niobrara National Scenic River	Parashant National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wind Cave National Park
Wupatki National Monument	Yucca House National Monument


Last Modified Date:	5/25/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 6:04:48 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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