PLANTS Profile for Agrostis perennans (upland bentgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.
upland bentgrass

Symbol:

AGPE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

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Synonyms:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

	AGAL8	Agrostis altissima (Walter) Tuck.
	AGEL5	Agrostis elata (Pursh) Trin.
	AGOR3	Agrostis oreophila Trin.
	AGPEA	Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck. var. aestivalis Vasey
	AGPEE	Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck. var. elata (Pursh) Hitchc.
	AGSC6	Agrostis schweinitzii Trin.
	COPE7	Cornucopiae perennans Walter

Distribution:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 35 species in Agrostis

Classification:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

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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 perennans (Walter) Tuck. – upland bentgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
Agrostis altissima
tall bentgrass		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

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

FACU

FAC-

FACW

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 40423.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 04:45 AM MDT