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*Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistroffer. Common name: Water Bent-grass. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Springs, creekbeds, also introduced on ballast around old ports (where probably not persistent). Distribution: Native of the Old World. Reported for nw. LA (MacRoberts, MacRoberts, & Allen 2020).

ID notes: Distinguished from Agrostis in having the spikelet falling as a whole, disarticulating below the glumes.

Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA24, K4, Meso6, NcTx, NE, Tucker (1996); = Agrostis viridis Gouan — C, Röser & Tkach (2024); = n/a — RAB; > Agrostis semiverticillata (Forssk.) C.Chr. — G, HC, Tx; > Agrostis verticillata Vill. — F, S13. Basionym: Agrostis viridis Gouan 1762

Links to other floras: = Polypogon viridis - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

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