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Eriocoma occidentalis is a species of grass known by the common name western needlegrass. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, Colorado, and Arizona and in northeastern Mexico (Chihuahua), where it grows in many types of habitat.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Western Needlegrass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eriocoma thurberiana
- Eriocoma nelsonii
- Eriocoma lemmonii
- Pappostipa speciosa
- Nassella lepida
- Eriocoma parishii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eriocoma
- Species
- Eriocoma occidentalis
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