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Agrostis scabra Willdenow. Common name: Fly-away Grass, Rough Bentgrass. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Bogs, fens, seeps, meadows, old fields, other open habitats. Distribution: Throughout North America, though mainly in cooler climates (ne. and w. United States, Canada), south to s. Mexico; ne. Asia.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, ETx1, FlGr, FNA24, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NSProv, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Tucker (1996); = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. scabra (Willd.) Blomq. — C; = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. tenuis (Tuck.) Gleason — G; = Agrostis scabra Willd. var. scabra — HC; > Agrostis geminata Trin. — F, NS; < Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — Mex, NcTx, RAB, S13, Tat, W; > Agrostis scabra Willd. var. scabra — F, NS; > Agrostis scabra Willd. var. septentrionalis Fernald — F, NS. Basionym: Agrostis scabra Willd. 1797

Links to other floras: = Agrostis scabra - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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