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Taxon:  Agrostis stolonifera L. var. palustris (Huds.) Farw.



Summary
Genus:
Agrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Agrostidinae
Nomen number:
2059
Place of publication:
Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 21:351. 1920
Verified:
05/05/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (9  active, 9  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Agrostis stolonifera L. (10 active accession[s])
Agrostis stolonifera L. var. stolonifera (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Agrostis palustris Huds.

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Reference(s)
  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
  2. Bonos, S. A. et al. 2009. Tolerance of creeping bentgrass cultivars and selections to anthracnose in New Jersey. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. DOI:10.1094/ATS-2009-0806-01-BR
  3. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  4. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  5. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991
  6. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  8. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rugolo de Agrasar, Z. E.. & A. M. Molina. 1997. Las especies del género Agrostis L. (Gramineae: Agrostideae) de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 54:124.
  11. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. 1996-
  12. Voss, E. Michigan flora. 1972-
  13. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
creeping bent grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
6Other     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Cultivated
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey]
Naturalized
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Environmentallawn/turf Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2059. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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