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Agrostis

not marked as a favorite taxon Agrostis mertensii Trinius. Common name: Arctic Bentgrass. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: In thin soil of high elevation rocky summits; also in riverside flood scour areas at much lower elevations. Distribution: In North America south to Maine (Mt. Katahdin), New Hampshire (White Mountains), Vermont, New York (Adirondack Mountains), West Virginia (Spruce Knob), Tennessee (Roan Mountain, Abrams Creek), North Carolina (Roan Mountain, Big Yellow Mountain, Black Mountains), Québec, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah (?), and Alaska; n. Europe.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA24, K1, K4, NE, NY, POWO, Tn, W, Tucker (1996); = Agrostis rubra L. — S13; > Agrostis borealis Hartman — HC, RAB, S, WV; > Agrostis borealis Hartman var. americana (Scribn.) Fernald — F, G; > Agrostis borealis Hartman var. borealis — F; > Agrostis borealis Hartman var. pauludosa (Scribn.) Fernald — F; > Agrostis idahoensis Nash var. bakeri (Rydb.) W.A.Weber — NS; > Agrostis mertensii Trin. — NS. Basionym: Agrostis mertensii Trin. 1836

Links to other floras: = Agrostis mertensii - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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