Plants Profile for Agrostis mertensii (northern bentgrass)

General Information
Symbol:	AGME3
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	AK N CAN N GL N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Sweden. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 205. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 204. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
AGBA5	Agrostis bakeri Rydb.
AGBO2	Agrostis borealis Hartm.
AGBOA3	Agrostis borealis Hartm. var. americana (Scribn.) Fernald
AGBOP	Agrostis borealis Hartm. var. paludosa (Scribn.) Fernald
AGIDB	Agrostis idahoensis Nash var. bakeri (Rydb.) W.A. Weber
AGMEB	Agrostis mertensii Trin. ssp. borealis (Hartm.) Tzvelev
AGRU2	Agrostis rupestris auct. non All.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Agrostis L. – bentgrass
Species	Agrostis mertensii Trin. – northern bentgrass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maine boreal bentgrass Threatened
New York northern bentgrass Threatened
Tennessee Arctic bentgrass Special Concern
Washington Agrostis borealis northern bentgrass Sensitive

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FACU
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU