Elymus repens

Also known as couch grass, common couch, twitch, quick grass, quitch grass, dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass

species of grass

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Elymus repens is a species of grass that spreads widely through underground stems, making it common in many parts of the world. It matters because it can grow aggressively in fields and gardens, sometimes becoming a pest that interferes with crops and other plants, though it also provides food and ground cover in natural ecosystems.

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Species

quackgrass

Elymus repens

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae

Habitatbrackish

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya

Observations18,761

Observations recorded736,360

More info on this topic. This species can be found in the following regions of the western United States (according to the Bureau of Land Management classification of Physiographic Regions of the western United States):1 Northern Pacific Border 2 Cascade Mountains 3 Southern Pacific Border 4 Sierra Mountains 5 Columbia Plateau 6 Upper Basin and Range 7 Lower Basin and Range 8 Northern Rocky Mountains 9 Middle Rocky Mountains 10 Wyoming Basin 11 Southern Rocky Mountains 12 Colorado Plateau 13 Rocky Mountain Peidmont 14 Great Plains 15 Black Hills Uplift 16 Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands

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Article

Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass /kuːtʃ/, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control, but is often considered a weed.

Other names include common couch, twitch, quick grass, quitch grass (also just quitch), dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.