Pappostipa speciosa

Desert Needle Grass

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

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Identity and native distribution

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Life form

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Documented native regions

North AmericaSouth America

No documented use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-1.63 – 24.41	1.85 – 23.87
Temperature of the warmest month	12.29 – 41.65	17.81 – 38.67
Temperature of the coldest month	-18.63 – 12.31	-15.93 – 10.03
Annual precipitation	8.9 – 3008.2	20.84 – 1866.52
Precipitation seasonality	12.48 – 116.32	18.94 – 107.04

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	9.02 – 21.77	12.28 – 16.12
Clay	%	9.13 – 25.14	12.1 – 18.7
Coarse fragments	%	6.6 – 34.19	12.28 – 25.32
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.4 – 1.57	0.63 – 1.11
pH	—	6 – 7.7	— – —
Sand	%	38.72 – 68.89	55.27 – 63.62
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	3.6 – 25.4	6.6 – 12.9

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