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Taxon:  Agrostis avenacea J. F. Gmel.



Summary
Genus:
Agrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Agrostidinae
Nomen number:
405236
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. 2(1):171. 1791
Verified:
05/09/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 4  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Deyeuxia forsteri Kunth

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Avena filiformis G. Forst.
Lachnagrostis filiformis (G. Forst.) Trin.
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Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961-
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Edgar, E. 1995. New Zealand species of Deyeuxia P. Beauv. and Lachnagrostis Trin. (Gramineae: Aveneae). New Zealand J. Bot. 33:19.
  4. Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm.
  5. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  6. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  7. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  9. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  10. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  11. Nava Rojo, A. et al. 2002. Agrostis avenacea (Poaceae: Pooideae): first record for the Mexican flora. Sida 20:423-429.
  12. Perelman, S. B. et al. 2001. Cross-scale vegetation patterns of flooding Pampa grasslands. J. Ecol. 89:562-577.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
  15. Zedler, P. H. & C. Black. 2004. Exotic plant invasions in an endemic-rich habitat: The spread of an introduced Australian grass, Agrostis avenacea J. F. Gmel., in California vernal pools. Austral Ecol. 29:537-546.
  16. 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
bent grass –
blown grass –
common blown grass –
fairy grass –
New Zealand wind grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQueretaro 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaEntre Rios 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaLa Pampa 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Fe 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileEaster Island 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileLos Lagos 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileMaule 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileValparaiso 
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Queretaro]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Santa Fe], Chile [Easter Island, Los Lagos, Maule, Valparaiso]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
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=405236. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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