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§1 Plant
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
vernacular crested wheatgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Agropyron
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 375 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 375 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Adams 08001
- Arapahoe 08005
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Latah 16057
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Box Butte 31013
- Buffalo 31019
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Frontier 31063
- Garden 31069
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hitchcock 31087
- Hooker 31091
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- McPherson 31117
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Perkins 31135
- Platte 31141
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Webster 31181
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- McHenry 38049
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 16 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Douglas 46043
- Edmunds 46045
- Fall River 46047
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- Meade 46093
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Potter 46107
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
Texas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 21 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AGCR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2705196 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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