Poaceae
Northern bentgrass
Agrostis mertensii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis
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Agrostis mertensiiPoaceae
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Northern bentgrass
- Finnish
- Pohjanrölli
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellkvein
- Swedish
- Fjällven
Synonyms
- Agrostis alpestris Laest. ex Nyman
- Agrostis bakeri Rydb.
- Agrostis boliviana Mez
- Agrostis borealis Hartm.
- Agrostis borealis f. borealis
- Agrostis borealis f. macrantha (Eames) Fernald
- Agrostis borealis subsp. viridissima (Kom.) Tzvelev
- Agrostis borealis var. americana (Scribn.) Fernald
- Agrostis borealis var. bakeri (Rydb.) Koji Ito
- Agrostis borealis var. borealis
- Agrostis borealis var. macrantha Eames
- Agrostis borealis var. minor Hartm.
- Agrostis borealis var. paludosa (Scribn.) Fernald
- Agrostis borealis var. typica Fernald
- Agrostis borealis var. volcanorum Kom.
- Agrostis canina var. alpina Oakes
- Agrostis canina var. mertensii (Trin.) Hartm.
- Agrostis canina var. mertensii (Trin.) Kuntze
- Agrostis canina var. tenella Torr.
- Agrostis compressa Döll
- Agrostis concinna Tuck.
- Agrostis gelida Trin.
- Agrostis idahoensis var. bakeri (Rydb.) W.A.Weber
- Agrostis laxiflora var. mertensii (Trin.) Griseb.
- Agrostis mertensii f. macrantha (Eames) Cay.
- Agrostis mertensii subsp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev
- Agrostis mertensii subsp. mertensii
- Agrostis novae-angliae Vasey
- Agrostis paludosa Scribn.
- Agrostis pickeringii Tuck.
- Agrostis pickeringii var. pickeringii
- Agrostis pickeringii var. rupicola Tuck.
- Agrostis poeppigiana Phil.
- Agrostis rubra L.
- Agrostis rubra var. alpina MacMill.
- Agrostis rubra var. americana Scribn.
- Agrostis rubra var. breviaristata Lange
- Agrostis rubra var. minor (Hartm.) Mela
- Agrostis rubra var. mutica Wahlenb.
- Agrostis rupestris var. uliginosa Hartm.
and 5 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.