Poaceae
Winter bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Dutch
- Klein struisgras
- English
- Winter bentgrass
- Welsh
- Maeswellt bach
Synonyms
- Agrestis hyemalis (Walter) Lunell
- Agrostis antecedens E.P.Bicknell
- Agrostis aphanes Trin.
- Agrostis canina var. hyemalis (Walter) Kuntze
- Agrostis cornucopiae Lam.
- Agrostis cornucopiae Lam. ex Steud.
- Agrostis geminata Trin.
- Agrostis hiemalis var. nutkaensis (Kunth) Scribn. & Merr.
- Agrostis hyemalis f. tuckermanii (Fernald) Scoggan
- Agrostis hyemalis var. geminata (Trin.) Hitchc.
- Agrostis hyemalis var. hyemalis
- Agrostis laxiflora Poir.
- Agrostis nootkaensis Trin.
- Agrostis nutkaensis Kunth
- Agrostis scabra f. tuckermanii Fernald
- Agrostis scabra var. elatior Benth.
- Agrostis scabra var. geminata (Trin.) Swallen
- Cornucopiae hyemale Walter
- Cornucopiae hyemalis Walter
- Trichodium album J.Presl
- Trichodium laxiflorum Muhl.
- Trichodium laxum Schult.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: University of South Carolina, A. C. Moore Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.