Piptochaetium (fimbriatum)
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Allegra Mount Seed Lab Manager Borderlands Restoration PO Box 1191 Patagonia, Arizona 85624 949-690-2592 borderlands.restoration@gmail.com www.borderlandsrestoration.org |
| Family Scientific Name: | Poaceae | ||
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| Family Common Name: | Grass Family | ||
| Scientific Name: | Piptochaetium fimbriatum (Kunth) Hitchc. | ||
| Common Name: | Pinyon Ricegrass | ||
| Ecotype: | Madrean Archipelago | ||
| General Distribution: |
Found in shaded areas in oak and piñon woodlands from the southwestern US into Mexico, 4000-7000ft (Reeves 2008). It is a cool-season grass and may be a late successional species (Reeves 2008). It is important forage for deer and cattle, and Montezuma Quail often use it as nest material (Reeves 2008). |
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| Propagation Goal: | Plants | ||
| Propagation Method: | Seed | ||
| ProductType: | Container (plug) | ||
| Propagule Collection: |
Collect when seeds are brown beneath the bracts. To collect, run fingers firmly along panicle from bottom to top. Entire panicles can also be collected. |
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| Propagule Processing: |
First remove culms and branches from seed. This can be achieved by rubbing the collected plant material on a #10 sieve until all seed has fallen through. Next, remove the bracts from the seed by rubbing small handfuls of seed gently between two rocks until most of the chaff is removed from the seed (seeds are shiny, dark brown). Air winnow extra chaff from the seed using a blow dryer on low. Orthodox storage is assumed. |
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| References: |
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 20+ vols. New York and Oxford, 1993+. Reeves, Sonja L. “Piptochaetium fimbriatum.” Fire Effects Information System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, 2008. Web. https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/pipfim/all.html [2017, January 16]. Borderlands Restoration Network (2018). BRN Native Plant Materials Program Database. Unpublished Raw Data. |
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Citation:
Allen-Cantú, Juniper; Claverie, Francesca; McNelis, Perin; Mount, Allegra. 2018. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Piptochaetium fimbriatum (Kunth) Hitchc. Plants Borderlands Restoration Patagonia, Arizona. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/02/24). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.
