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Vahlodea

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Vahlodea is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Vahlodea atropurpurea

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
With media
21
Family
Poaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, DAV, CMN, B, MONT, BRIT
Recorded in
Canada, United States, Sweden, Greenland

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Vahlodea atropurpurea — Matt Lavin 001.jpg
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taxon name
Vahlodea
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
hairgrass
Commons category
Vahlodea
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Encyclopedic overview

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Vahlodea is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Vahlodea atropurpurea

Its native range is the subarctic (such as Greenland), to temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. From (Europe within; Finland, North European Russia, Norway and Sweden,) to Asia within (Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Magadan and Taiwan,) and in North America (within the Canadian provinces of; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec and Yukon and within the USA states of; Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming,) and also southern South America (within Argentina and Chile).

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