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| Agrostis microphylla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Agrostis |
| Species: | A. microphylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrostis microphylla Steud. | |
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Agrostis aristiglumis | |
Agrostis microphylla is a species of grass known by the common name small-leaf bentgrass. It is native to western North America from the Aleutian Islands to Baja California in Mexico, where it grows along coastal cliffs, on serpentine mountain slopes, and in vernal pools.
Description
This is a winter-flowering annual bunchgrass approaching half a meter in maximum height. The inflorescence is a dense cylindrical panicle up to 12 centimeters long. The spikelets are yellowish, greenish, or purplish, and very narrow and pointed.
Distribution
Agrostis microphylla is native to western North America: the Aleutian Islands, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, California and Baja California in northwestern Mexico.
References
- ^ "Agrostis microphylla", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-16
External links
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- Agrostis
- Flora of the Aleutian Islands
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of California
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Grasses of Mexico
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
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