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Phippsia

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Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.

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  1. PhylumArthropoda
  2. ClassMalacostraca
  3. OrderAmphipoda
  4. FamilyStegocephalidae
Habitatmarine
Native toAlaska, Alberta, Argentina Northwest, British Columbia, Colorado, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, India, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk

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Phippsia
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Phippsia
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icegrass
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Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.

The genus is named in honour of Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792 a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer, and is commonly known as ice grass or snow grass. Species Phippsia algida - Scandinavia (incl Iceland + Svalbard), Russia (northern European Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, Yakutia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan), Greenland, Canada (3 Arctic territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador), United States (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado) Phippsia concinna - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia) Phippsia wilczekii - Mendoza Province in Argentina formerly included numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia

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