Agrostis exarata
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|genus = Agrostis
|species = exarata
|authority = Trin.
|synonyms = Agrostis aenea
Agrostis alaskana
Agrostis ampla
Agrostis asperifolia
Agrostis longiligula
Agrostis melaleuca
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Agrostis exarata is a species of grass known by the common names spike bentgrass, spike bent,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} Pacific bentgrass, and spike redtop. It is native to western North America from Texas{{cite web|url= http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGEX|title=Spike bentgrass|publisher= Plants Profile|work=USDA|accessdate=October 6, 2007}} to the Aleutian Islands.
Description
This is a common perennial grass reaching one to three feet in height with long, thin, flat leaves each with a ligule of {{convert|2|-|4|mm}}.
The tuft inflorescence may be up to {{convert|30|cm}} long and is usually dense with tiny spikelets.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8766,8772 Jepson Manual Treatment] It reproduces mainly by seed, but it can also spread via rhizome. This bunchgrass occurs in many plant communities in varied climates. It is considered good forage for livestock.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=143 Calflora Database: Agrostis exarata (Spike redtop, spike bentgrass)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=12284 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Agrostis exarata]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151003000012/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Agrostis_exarata+&type=treatment The Grass Manual on the Web: Treatment of Agrostis + Agrostis exarata]
- [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/agrexa/all.html USFS: Fire ecology of Agrostis exarata]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Agrostis+exarata UC Photos gallery — Agrostis exarata]
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Category:Bunchgrasses of North America
Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Native grasses of Texas
Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora of Western Canada
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
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