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Agrostis humilis Vasey
alpine bentgrass

       
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Line Drawing of Agrostis humilis Vasey
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.
 
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Agrostis humilis Vasey

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Synonyms:
Agrostis humilis Vasey

  AGTH2 Agrostis thurberiana Hitchc.
  POHU Podagrostis humilis (Vasey) Björkman
  POTH3 Podagrostis thurberiana (Hitchc.) Hultén
 

Distribution:
Agrostis humilis Vasey

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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Agrostis humilis Vasey

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 35 species in Agrostis
 

Classification:
Agrostis humilis Vasey

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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 humilis Vasey – alpine bentgrass
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Agrostis humilis Vasey

Podagrostis humilis:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACU- FACW NI NO NO NO

Podagrostis thurberiana:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL FACW OBL FACW* NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Agrostis humilis Vasey

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 182505.

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

 
 
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