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Agrostis stolonifera

Vigosa-Mercado, J. Luis;Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso;Alvarado Cardenas, Leonardo O.;Eguiarte, Luis E.

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Agrostis stolonifera

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Also known as creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent, carpet bentgrass

species of plant

Species

Least Concern

redtop

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia
Observations6,624
Observations recorded957,888

II, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, Juan Fernandez, Isla de Pascua

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
14,227
With media
9,785
Family
Poaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
Recorded in
United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
herbaceous plant
Parent taxon
Agrostis
Image
Agrostis Wuchs.jpg
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Agrostis stolonifera
taxon common name
plazeča šopulja
Commons category
Agrostis stolonifera
has fruit type
caryopsis
taxon range
Xinjiang
short name
A. stolonifera
taxon author citation
(L. ) Soó
taxon rank
species
taxon name
Agrostis stolonifera
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
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Encyclopedic overview

Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent or carpet bentgrass) is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae. It is widely used as turf for golf courses. It flowers in Spring and Summer months.

Description

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