Poaceae
Fisher's tundragrass
Dupontia fisheri
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dupontia
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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
Photos
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: willhendricks, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.