| Agrostis pallens | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Apparently Secure (NatureServe) | |
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. pallens |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrostis pallens Trin. | |
| Synonyms | |
Agrostis pallens is a species of grass known by the common name seashore bentgrass.
Distribution
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it grows in many types of habitat, typically open meadows, woodlands, subalpine areas, and other dry habitats. The diploid number of the grass is either 42 or 56.
Description
Agrostis pallens is a perennial bunchgrass growing 10–70 cm (3.9–27.6 in) tall. It is occasionally rhizomatous. The ligule is 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long. The leaf blades are flat or inrolled, and 1.5–5 cm (0.59–1.97 in) long and 1–6 mm (0.039–0.236 in) wide. The lanceolate to somewhat ovate inflorescence is 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) long. The glumes are 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The lemma is 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long, occasionally with a straight awn measuring between 0.5–2.5 cm (0.20–0.98 in). The palea is either absent or vestigial. The anthers are 0.7–1.8 mm (0.028–0.071 in) long.
The grass blooms from April into May.
The grass grows from 200–3,500 m (660–11,480 ft) of elevation.
References
- "NatureServe Explorer - Agrostis pallens". NatureServe Explorer Agrostis pallens. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Plants Profile for Agrostis pallens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- Umberto Quattrocchi (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 61. ISBN 9781420003222.
- Stevie Daniels, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1999). Stevie Daniels (ed.). Easy Lawns: Low Maintenance Native Grasses for Gardeners Everywhere (illustrated ed.). Brooklyn Botanic Garden. p. 96. ISBN 9781889538129.
- ^ "Jepson Manual - AGROSTIS pallens". Jepson Flora Project. University of California. 1993. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- "Agrostis pallens". Calflora. 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Agrostis pallens |
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- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Agrostis
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Garden plants of North America
- Plants described in 1882