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§1 Plant

Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

vernacular upland bentgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
AGPE
GBIF
2706477
Rank
species
upland bentgrass (Agrostis perennans)
Platephotograph · John BeethamCC 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
§2b

County-level range

· 1,094 counties across 38 states/territories
Legend Native · 1094 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
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
32–56 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.5
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

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

Reproduction

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

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,094 counties across 38 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
California view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 74 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 71 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 51 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 77 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 65 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 55 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 93 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 44 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/AGPE ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2706477 ↗

Record version

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