Phippsia

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".

1. 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)
2. Phippsia concinna - Norway incl Svalbard, Sweden, Greenland, Quebec, Alaska, Russia (Magadan, Yakutia, Western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk, northern European Russia)
3. Phippsia wilczekii - Mendoza Province in Argentina

numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catabrosa Colpodium Puccinellia