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Pine barren fluffgrass

Tridens ambiguus (Elliott) Schult.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Tridens

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Common names

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English
Pine barren fluffgrass

Synonyms

  • Poa ambigua Elliott
  • Sieglingia ambigua (Elliott) Kuntze
  • Tricuspis ambigua (Elliott) Chapm.
  • Tricuspis langloisii Nash
  • Tridens langloisii (Nash) Nash
  • Triodia ambigua Benth. ex Vasey
  • Triodia elliottii Bush
  • Triodia langloisii (Nash) Bush
  • Uralepis ambigua (Elliott) Kunth
  • Uralepsis ambigua Kunth
  • Windsoria ambigua (Elliott) Nutt.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
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.