PLANTS Profile for Agrostis canina (velvet bentgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Agrostis canina L.
velvet bentgrass

Symbol:

AGCA4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
CAN		W
GL		I
SPM		W


Other common names:
	agróstide canina
	agróstide de perro

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 205. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Agrostis canina L.

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Synonyms:
Agrostis canina L.

AGCAV

Agrostis canina L. var. varians (Thuill.) Ducomm.

Distribution:
Agrostis canina L.


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USA (CT, DE, HI, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, TN, VT, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Agrostis canina L.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 36 species in Agrostis

Classification:
Agrostis canina L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Agrostis L. – bentgrass
Species	Agrostis canina L. – velvet bentgrass

Introduced Information:
Agrostis canina L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Agrostis canina L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

UPL,FACU

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UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Agrostis canina L.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40396.

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