Eriocoma lettermanii

Letterman's needlegrass

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Other

Documented native regions

North America

Animal food

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-1.63 – 23.65	1.85 – 20.53
Temperature of the warmest month	17.65 – 41.65	21.25 – 38.11
Temperature of the coldest month	-18.63 – 5.81	-15.93 – 4.57
Annual precipitation	149.5 – 1674.28	180.26 – 1107.22
Precipitation seasonality	12.48 – 95.42	18.94 – 90.02

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	15.59 – 26.6	19 – 23.55
Clay	%	9.36 – 31	17.05 – 24.4
Coarse fragments	%	8.13 – 26.37	13.95 – 20.4
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.28 – 3.19	1.9 – 2.65
pH	—	6 – 7.6	— – —
Sand	%	26.43 – 60.68	35.8 – 46.95
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	16.27 – 51.98	27.35 – 40.33

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.