Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Poaceae

Agrostis - [maps | photos]

• Agrostis capillaris * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: colonial bent-grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Agrostis tenuis Sibthorp

• Agrostis elliottiana J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Elliott's bent grass

• Agrostis gigantea * Roth
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: redtop
  Synonyms:
  

         • Agrostis stolonifera L. var. major (Gaudin) Farw.

         • Agrostis alba auct. non L.

• Agrostis hiemalis (Walt.) B.S.P.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: hairgrass

• Agrostis mertensii Trin. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: northern bent-grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Agrostis borealis Hartman var. americana (Scribn.) Fernald

• Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerman
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: upland bent-grass

• Agrostis scabra Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: rough bent-grass

• Agrostis stolonifera * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: creeping bent-grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Agrostis alba L. var. stolonifera (L.) Sm.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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