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§1 Plant

Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

vernacular winter bentgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
AGHY
GBIF
2706548
Rank
species
winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis)
Platephotograph · Don SutherlandCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Agrostis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,212 counties across 35 states/territories
Legend Native · 1212 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
130 min.
Precipitation
20–45 in/yr
pH range
5–7.5
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
3.5 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
8,500,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,212 counties across 35 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 81 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 54 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 43 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 58 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 65 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 34 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 21 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 73 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 76 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 64 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/AGHY ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2706548 ↗

Record version

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