- Spanish needle grass
- Prairie porcupine grass (Stipa spartia), not often used as forage because it is sharp and causes discomfort to the cattle. Alternate term: Spanish needle.
Cowboy Talk. A Dictionary of Spanish Terms. Robert N. Smead. 2013.
Spanish needle grass
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