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Achnatherum lettermanii is a species of grass known by the common name Letterman's needlegrass. It is native to the western United States from California to Montana to New Mexico, where it is a resident of several types of habitat. This is a tufting perennial grass which forms large clumps of erect stems up to about 80 centimeters tall. The leaves are short and slightly curly. The flower cluster is up to about 19 centimeters long and has open branches with few spikelets. Each spikelet is less than a centimeter long but has an awn which can be up to about 2.5 centimeters in length. The awn has two kinks.
Grass
3 ft Tall
Brown
Partial Shade
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Dry slopes and meadows
Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Juba Skipper
Hesperia juba
Nevada Skipper
Hesperia nevada
Uncas Skipper
Hesperia uncas