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Podagrostis humilis

(Vasey) Björkman

Alpine Bentgrass

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.963758

Element CodePMPOA8M010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusPodagrostis

Synonyms

Agrostis humilisVasey

Other Common Names

Agrostide humble (FR)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 24, 2007) and Kartesz (1999) here expand the concept of Podagrostis humilis (= Agrostis humilis) to include P. thurberiana (= A. thurberiana), while Kartesz (1994) treats them as distinct.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Utah	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Nevada	S2	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S3	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chips Creek	Plumas National Forest	12,940

References (1)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.