Beckmannia syzigachne

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = B. syzigachne.jpg

|genus = Beckmannia

|species = syzigachne

|authority = (Steud.) Fernald

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-399194 The Plant List, Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald ]

|synonyms =

• Beckmannia baicalensis Hultén
• Beckmannia hirsutiflora (Roshev.) Prob.
• Panicum syzigachne Steud.

}}

Beckmannia syzigachne, the American sloughgrass,{{PLANTS|id=BESY|taxon=Beckmannia syzigachne|accessdate=9 January 2016}}{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|title=English Names for Korean Native Plants|publisher=Korea National Arboretum|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|location=Pocheon|pages=371|access-date=26 January 2017|via=Korea Forest Service|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}} or slough grass, is an annual or short-lived perennial bunchgrass in the grass family, Poaceae, found in shallow marshes or sloughs.

Beckmannia syzigachne is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024953 Flora of China, 菵草 wang cao Beckmannia syzigachne (Steudel) Fernald, Rhodora. 30: 27. 1928. ][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/State/Beckmannia%20syzigachne.png Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/599992#page/30/mode/1up Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1928. The North American and East Asian Beckmannia. Rhodora 30(350):24- 27]

Beckmannia syzigachne is one of only two species in the genus Beckmannia; the other being Beckmannia eruciformis.[http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_besy.pdf United States Department of Agriculture NRCS Plant Fact Sheet for B. syzigachne] Retrieved 2010-03-07.