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Scientific or common name:

Agrostis mertensii Trin.


POACEAE Family selection - Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Agrostis mertensii Trin. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Linnaea 10: 302. 1836
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Northern bentgrass
en English name: northern bent
French name: agrostide de Mertens

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Agrostis bakeri Rydb.
= Agrostis borealis Hartm.
= Agrostis borealis Hartm. var. americana (Scribn.) Fernald
= Agrostis borealis Hartm. var. paludosa (Scribn.) Fernald
= Agrostis idahoensis Nash var. bakeri (Rydb.) W.A. Weber
= Agrostis mertensii Trin. ssp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev
= Agrostis rupestris auct. non All.


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Agrostis mertensii Trin. ssp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Agrostis
Species:


Page counter: 818 ( AVG: 221.76 / 290.696 )



Gallery:

Agrostis mertensii
Agrostis mertensii
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Agrostis mertensii
Agrostis mertensii
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 205.

Agrostis mertensii
Agrostis mertensii
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 204.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CO, ME, MT, NC, NH, NY, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Distributional map for Agrostis mertensii Trin.
Map for Agrostis mertensii Trin.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Agrostis mertensii Trin. ssp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev [143]
2) Agrostis mexicana L. [141]
3) Agrostis microphylla Steud. var. hendersonii (Hitchc.) Beetle [185]
4) Agrostis microphylla Steud. var. major Vasey [89]
5) Agrostis nigra With. [153]
6) Agrostis pallens Trin. var. vaseyi H. St. John [145]
7) Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck. var. elata (Pursh) Hitchc. [184]
8) Agrostis rossiae auct. non Vasey [104]
9) Agrostis scabra Willd. var. septentrionalis Fernald [167]
10) Agrostis stolonifera L. var. palustris (Huds.) Farw. [157]

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