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Agrostis gigantea Roth
redtop

       
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Photo of Agrostis gigantea Roth
©Robert Soreng. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Agrostis gigantea Roth

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Synonyms:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

  AGAL3 Agrostis alba auct. non L.
  AGGID Agrostis gigantea Roth var. dispar (Michx.) Philipson
  AGNI Agrostis nigra With.
  AGSTG Agrostis stolonifera L. ssp. gigantea (Roth) Schübl. & G. Martens
  AGSTM Agrostis stolonifera L. var. major (Gaudin) Farw.
 

Distribution:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 35 species in Agrostis
 

Classification:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

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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 gigantea Roth – redtop
 

Introduced Information:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

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.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

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
FAC? NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NO NO

Agrostis alba:

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 FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW OBL FACW+ FACW FAC* FACW OBL NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 40414.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Agrostis gigantea Roth

FAO

IA-Grasses of Iowa

Invasive.org

NM-New Mexico State University

WV-Identification of Common Grasses (line drawings of collar area)

 
 
Time Generated: 09/20/2008 01:03 AM MDT