Poaceae
Serrated tussock
Nassella trichotoma
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Nassella
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Nassella trichotomaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Serrated tussock
- French
- Stipe à feuilles dentées
Synonyms
- Agrostis trichotoma (Nees) Trin.
- Caryochloa trichotoma (Nees) Kuntze
- Oryzopsis trichotoma (Nees) Druce
- Piptatherum macratherum Nees ex Steud.
- Piptochaetium trichotomum (Nees) Griseb.
- Stipa macrathera (Steud.) Speg.
- Stipa tenella Godr.
- Stipa trichotoma Nees
- Urachne macrathera Steud.
- Urachne trichotoma (Nees) Trin.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.