Xerophyllum tenax - Revision history

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Raffi at 21:48, 29 January 2008

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Xerophyllum tenax''
| image = Beargrass.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Liliales]]
| familia = [[Melanthiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Xerophyllum (plant)|Xerophyllum]]''
| species = '''''X. tenax'''''
| binomial = ''Xerophyllum tenax''
| binomial_authority = ([[Frederick Traugott Pursh|Pursh]]) [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]
}}

'''''Xerophyllum tenax''''' (syn. ''Helonias tenax'') is a grasslike perennial in the family [[Melanthiaceae]], closely related to [[Liliaceae|lilies]]. It is known by several common names, including '''bear grass''', '''squaw grass''', '''soap grass''', '''quip-quip''', and '''Indian basket grass'''. It can grow to 15-150 cm in height and grows in bunches with the leaves wrapped around and extending from a small stem at ground level. The leaves are 30-100 cm long and 2-6 mm wide, dull olive green with toothed edges. The slightly fragrant white flowers emerge from a tall stalk that bolts from the base. When the flowers are in bloom they are tightly packed at the tip of the stalk like an upright club. The plant is found mostly in western [[North America]] from [[British Columbia]] south to [[California]] and east to [[Wyoming]], in subalpine meadows and coastal mountains, and also on low ground in the California coastal fog belt. It is common on the [[Olympic Peninsula]] and in the [[Cascade Range|Cascades]], northern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]].

''X. tenax'' is an important part of the [[fire ecology]] of regions where it is native. It has [[rhizome]]s which survive fire that clears dead and dying plant matter from the surface of the ground. The plant thrives with periodic burns and is often the first plant to sprout in a scorched area.

This species was long used by Native Americans who wove it into baskets. Its fibrous leaves, which turn from green to white as they dry, are tough, durable, and easily dyed and manipulated into tight waterproof weaves.

== External links ==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Xerophyllum+tenax Jepson Flora Project: ''Xerophyllum tenax'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=XETE NRCS: USDA Plants Profile: ''Xerophyllum tenax'':]
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102053 Flora of North America, Profile and map: ''X. tenax'']

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-{{Taxobox
+'''''Xerophyllum tenax''''' (syn. ''Helonias tenax'') is a grasslike perennial in the family [[Melanthiaceae]], closely related to [[Liliaceae|lilies]]. It is known by several common names, including '''bear grass''', '''squaw grass''', '''soap grass''', '''quip-quip''', and '''Indian basket grass'''. It can grow to 15-150 cm in height and grows in bunches with the leaves wrapped around and extending from a small stem at ground level. The leaves are 30-100 cm long and 2-6 mm wide, dull olive green with toothed edges. The slightly fragrant white flowers emerge from a tall stalk that bolts from the base. When the flowers are in bloom they are tightly packed at the tip of the stalk like an upright club. The plant is found mostly in western [[North America]] from [[British Columbia]] south to [[California]] and east to [[Wyoming]], in subalpine meadows and coastal mountains, and also on low ground in the California coastal fog belt. It is common on the [[Olympic Peninsula]] and in the [[Cascade Range|Cascades]], northern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]].
-| color = lightgreen
-| name = ''Xerophyllum tenax''
+==Cultivation==
-| image = Beargrass.jpg
+<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| image_width = 240px
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+===Propagation===
-| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
-| ordo = [[Liliales]]
+===Pests and diseases===
-| familia = [[Melanthiaceae]]
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-| genus = ''[[Xerophyllum (plant)|Xerophyllum]]''
-| species = '''''X. tenax'''''
+==Species==
-| binomial = ''Xerophyllum tenax''
+<!--  This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc    -->
-| binomial_authority = ([[Frederick Traugott Pursh|Pursh]]) [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]
-}}
+==Gallery==
-'''''Xerophyllum tenax''''' (syn. ''Helonias tenax'') is a grasslike perennial in the family [[Melanthiaceae]], closely related to [[Liliaceae|lilies]]. It is known by several common names, including '''bear grass''', '''squaw grass''', '''soap grass''', '''quip-quip''', and '''Indian basket grass'''. It can grow to 15-150 cm in height and grows in bunches with the leaves wrapped around and extending from a small stem at ground level. The leaves are 30-100 cm long and 2-6 mm wide, dull olive green with toothed edges. The slightly fragrant white flowers emerge from a tall stalk that bolts from the base. When the flowers are in bloom they are tightly packed at the tip of the stalk like an upright club. The plant is found mostly in western [[North America]] from [[British Columbia]] south to [[California]] and east to [[Wyoming]], in subalpine meadows and coastal mountains, and also on low ground in the California coastal fog belt. It is common on the [[Olympic Peninsula]] and in the [[Cascade Range|Cascades]], northern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]].
+<gallery>
-''X. tenax'' is an important part of the [[fire ecology]] of regions where it is native. It has [[rhizome]]s which survive fire that clears dead and dying plant matter from the surface of the ground. The plant thrives with periodic burns and is often the first plant to sprout in a scorched area.
+==References==
-This species was long used by Native Americans who wove it into baskets. Its fibrous leaves, which turn from green to white as they dry, are tough, durable, and easily dyed and manipulated into tight waterproof weaves.
+==External links==
-== External links ==
+{{stub}}
-*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Xerophyllum+tenax Jepson Flora Project: ''Xerophyllum tenax'']
+__NOTOC__

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		+	Xerophyllum tenax, Nutt. Two to 5 ft. high: lvs. about 2 lines wide: raceme 1-2 ft. long; pedicels longer: perianth segms. scarcely equaling the stamens. Calif. to Brit. Col. June, July. B.R. 1613 (erroneously as X. setifolium).
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