Bulbostylis schaffneri (Schaffner's Hairsedge)

Family

CYPERACEAE

Common Name

Schaffner's Hairsedge

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S3?	G3?		D

Description

This small annual species is distinguished by the inflorescence being shorter than the leaves.

Distribution

The FNA manuscript gives its range as New Mexico and Mexico with no elaboration on frequency or abundance. It is known from 2 collections in NM.

Habitat

This species occupies relatively dry open slopes and meadows in P-J and ponderosa pine woodlands.

Information Compiled By

Robert Sivinski 1998