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Fisher's tundragrass

Dupontia fisheri R.Br.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Dupontia

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Fisher's tundragrass: Photo of grass specie in Longyeearbyen area, Spitsbergen - Svalbard
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
English
Fisher's tundragrass, Fisher's tundra grass
French
Dupontie de Fisher
Swedish
Isgräs

Synonyms

  • Arctagrostis humilis K.Richt.
  • Arundo hyperborea Trin. ex Steud.
  • Colpodium humile Lange
  • Colpodium langei Gand.
  • Donax kotzebuensis Trin.
  • Dupontia fischeri var. flavescens Hook. & Arn.
  • Dupontia fisheri f. aristata (Mate ex Polunin) Lepage
  • Dupontia fisheri f. micrantha (Holm) Polunin
  • Dupontia fisheri f. psilosantha (Rupr.) Polunin
  • Dupontia fisheri subsp. fisheri
  • Dupontia fisheri subsp. pelligera (Rupr.) Tzvelev
  • Dupontia fisheri subsp. psilosantha (Rupr.) Hultén
  • Dupontia fisheri var. aristata Mate ex Polunin
  • Dupontia fisheri var. fisheri
  • Dupontia fisheri var. pelligera (Rupr.) Trautv.
  • Dupontia fisheri var. psilosantha (Rupr.) Trautv.
  • Dupontia micrantha Holm
  • Dupontia pelligera (Rupr.) Rupr. ex Nyman
  • Dupontia psilosantha (Rupr.) Griseb.
  • Dupontia psilosantha Rupr.
  • Dupontia psilosantha var. flavescens (Hook. & Arn.) Vasey
  • Dupontia psilosantha var. psilosantha
  • Graphephorum fischeri var. psilosanthum (Rupr.) A.Gray
  • Graphephorum fisheri (R.Br.) A.Gray
  • Graphephorum fisheri var. fisheri
  • Graphephorum fisheri var. psilosanthum (Rupr.) A.Gray
  • Graphephorum psilosanthum (Rupr.) E.Fourn.
  • Melica fischeri (R.Br.) Spreng.
  • Poa pelligera Rupr.
  • Poa psilosantha Rupr.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: 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.