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Slender Bog Arrow-grass - Triglochin palustris

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 7

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General Description
Stems ascending to erect, 10–40 cm. Leaves 5–30 cm long. Flowers: tepals 1–2 mm long; pistils 3. Fruit erect, narrowly obconic, 5–10 mm long on pedicels 2–6 mm long (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Present
 


Range Comments
Circumboreal south to CA, NM, IA, NY, S. America (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 65

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Habitat
Wet, usually alkaline, often organic soils of fens, shallow wetlands; plains, valleys, montane (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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Slender Bog Arrow-grass — Triglochin palustris.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from