Poaceae
Common hardgrass
Sclerochloa dura
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sclerochloa
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bulgarian
- Склерохлоа
- Chinese
- 硬草
- Czech
- Tužanka tvrdá
- English
- Common hardgrass
- German
- Hartgras
- Macedonian
- Обична тврдокласка
- Persian
- پوشه چرمی
- Polish
- Suchotraw twardy
- Swedish
- Hårdgröe
Synonyms
- Amblychloa dura Link
- Amblychloa dura Link ex Hook.f.
- Catapodium durum Link
- Crassipes annuus Swallen
- Cynosurus durus L.
- Eleusine dura Lam.
- Festuca dura (L.) Vill.
- Poa dura (L.) Scop.
- Sclerochloa dura var. arenosa Schur
- Sesleria dura (L.) Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, 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.