PLANTS Profile for Agropyron fragile (Siberian wheatgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy
Siberian wheatgrass

Symbol:

AGFR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

Loren St. John. USDA NRCS Aberdeen PMC. P-27. United States, ID. Usage Requirements.

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Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

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Synonyms:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

	AGCRF	Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. ssp. fragile (Roth) A. Löve
	AGCRF2	Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. var. fragile (Roth) Dorn
	AGFRM	Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy ssp. mongolicum (Keng) D.R. Dewey
	AGFRS	Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy ssp. sibiricum (Willd.) Melderis
	AGFRS2	Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy var. sibiricum (Willd.) Tzvelev
	AGMO6	Agropyron mongolicum Keng
	AGSI	Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv.

Distribution:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CO, NM, NV, SD, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Agropyron

Classification:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

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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	Agropyron Gaertn. – wheatgrass
Species	Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy – Siberian wheatgrass

Introduced Information:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

View species account, distribution map, and illustration 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 182481.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Related Web Sites:
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

Canada-Royal British Columbia Museum

OH-Seed ID Workshop

OR-Forage Information System (OSU)

UT-Utah State University Extension

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 03:00 AM MDT