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Agrostis alba[1] |
Agrostis gigantea, known by its common name Redtop, is a perennial grass of the Agrostis genus.
It is native to Europe, but in the cooler areas of North America was widely used as a pasture grass until the 1940s. Although it has largely been replaced by soybeans and more palatable grasses, it still gets some use in poor soils. It was one of the grasses planted in areas disturbed by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. It generally does well in response to fires, due to survival of rhizomes and seeds.[2]
This species is similar to Agrostis stolonifera, with the key difference being that the latter has stolons. In fact the two are sometimes treated as a single species, and it is not always clear precisely what an author means by Agrostis alba or Agrostis stolonifera.[2]
References
- ^ John Hilty (2007-11-23). "Redtop". Grasses, Sedges, and Non-Flowering Plants of Illinois. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/redtop.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ a b "Agrostis gigantea". Fire Effects Information System. United States Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/agrgig/all.html.
External links
Media related to Agrostis gigantea at Wikimedia Commons
Information related to Agrostis gigantea from Wikispecies.- "Agrostis gigantea Roth". Wisconsin Botanical Information System. http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=AGRGIG. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- "red top". Ada Hayden Herbarium. http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/research/iowagrasses/speciespages/AgrosGigan/AgrosGigan.html. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). "Agrostis gigantea". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp00153.htm.
- "Black Bent". Skye Flora. http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/gramineae/agrostis-gigantea.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- "Agrostis gigantea Roth". Grassland Species Profiles. http://www.fao.org/ag/agP/agpc/doc/Gbase/DATA/Pf000419.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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