Poaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Torreyochloa pallida

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Torreyochloa pallida is a perennial cool season grass that grows 30 to 150 cm tall. The stems are erect to decumbent (low lying and bent upward) and may root where the nodes (joints) touch the ground. It actively spreads by means of rhizomes to form a loose clump[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant has potential for use in water purification and soil stabilization projects. The species is widespread and while it is possibly declining in parts of its range, it is not thought that any global population decline is likely to meet (or be close to meeting) the threshold for Vulnerable. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, Japan, Korea; N. America - Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, New Mexico, Tennessee and Georgia

HabitatFreshwater marshes, swamps, wet forest openings, wet meadows, ditches and other depressions[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. Marshy areas and roadside ditches where reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) does not dominate; at elevations from near sea level to the timber line[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].