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§1 Plant

Agrostis stolonifera L.

vernacular creeping bentgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
AGST2
GBIF
2706435
Rank
species
creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera)
Platephotograph · hannahvinceletteCC 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

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • GL Greenland Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 949 counties across 44 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 949 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-53 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
32–60 in/yr
pH range
5.1–7.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

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

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
6,129,840
Propagation
seed, sod, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 949 counties across 44 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
California view state ↗ 35 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 17 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 34 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 37 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 51 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 35 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 27 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 46 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 60 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 46 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 79 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 33 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 33 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 33 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/AGST2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2706435 ↗

Record version

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