Beckmannia eruciformis
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Beckmannia eruciformis, the European slough-grass{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} or slough grass, is an annual or short lived perennial in the grass family, Poaceae, found in shallow marshes or sloughs, and used for animal fodder and forage.
Distribution
This species is native in Western Asia, Turkey through Siberia, Kazakhstan, Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Europe.{{GRIN | accessdate=2010-06-05}}
It is one of only two species in the genus Beckmannia; the other being Beckmannia syzigachne.
References
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- Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
- Stace, Clive 1995. New Flora of the British Isles.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
- Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
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Category:Bunchgrasses of Europe
Category:Flora of Western Asia
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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