Poaceae
Upland bentgrass
Agrostis perennans
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis
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Agrostis perennansPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Upland bentgrass
Synonyms
- Agrostis aberrans Steud.
- Agrostis altissima (Walter) Tuck.
- Agrostis altissima var. altissima
- Agrostis altissima var. laxa Tuck.
- Agrostis anomala Willd.
- Agrostis campyla Tuck.
- Agrostis canina subsp. grandiflora Hack.
- Agrostis chinantlae E.Fourn.
- Agrostis cornucopiae Sm.
- Agrostis decumbens (Michx.) Link
- Agrostis elata (Pursh) Trin.
- Agrostis elegans Salisb.
- Agrostis exarata var. angustifolia Hack.
- Agrostis fasciculata (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
- Agrostis flavidula Steud.
- Agrostis hiemalis var. oreophila Farw.
- Agrostis humboldtiana Steud.
- Agrostis hyemalis var. elata (Pursh) Fernald
- Agrostis hyemalis var. oreophila (Trin.) Farw.
- Agrostis intermedia Scribn.
- Agrostis kufuim Speg.
- Agrostis michauxii Trin.
- Agrostis michauxii Zuccagni ex Roemer
- Agrostis novae-angliae Tuck.
- Agrostis noveboracensis Spreng.
- Agrostis oreophila Trin.
- Agrostis perennans f. atherophora Fernald
- Agrostis perennans f. chaetophora Fernald
- Agrostis perennans f. perennans
- Agrostis perennans var. aestivalis Vasey
- Agrostis perennans var. elata (Pursh) Hitchc.
- Agrostis perennans var. humilis Farw.
- Agrostis perennans var. perennans
- Agrostis pseudointermedia Farw.
- Agrostis pulchella Kunth
- Agrostis scabra Tuck.
- Agrostis scabra var. perennans (Walter) Alph.Wood
- Agrostis schiedeana Trin.
- Agrostis schiedeana var. schiedeana
- Agrostis schweinitzii Trin.
and 18 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: 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.