Taxon: Agrostis capillaris L.

Summary

Genus:

Agrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Agrostidinae

Nomen number:

2017

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:62. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/01/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

62 (47 active, 39 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis alba L. var. vulgaris (With.) Coss. & Durieu
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
Agrostis vulgaris With.

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

$Disseminule drawings\; A: Spikelet; B-C: floret in two views; D-E: outline of embryo in caryopsis in two views$

Links

Spikelets and/or florets – Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. 4-6. Note: Revised version of AH 170
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Arechavaleta, M. et al., coords. 2009. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1981. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables 2:10. Note: auct. non. L.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Dennehy, C. et al. 2011. Management strategies for invasive plants in Pacific Northwest prairies, savannas, and oak woodlands. NorthW. Sci. 85:329-351.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Macfarlane, T. D. & A. R. Williams. 2007. Agrostis castellana (Poaceae) mis-identified as A. capillaris var. aristata in western Australia. Nuytsia 16:472.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Pickering, C. & W. Hill. 2007. Roadside weeds of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Mountain Res. Developm. 27:359-367. Note: as an introduced species
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: as Agrostis tenuis
Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Ruemmele, B. A. 2003. Agrostis capillaris (Agrostis tenuis Sibth.) Colonial bentgrass. In: Casler, M. D. & R. R. Duncan, eds., Turfgrass biology, genetics, and breeding 11:187-200.
Ruemmele, B. 2000. Breeding colonial bentgrass for drought, heat, and wear. Diversity 16:34-35.
Rugolo de Agrasar, Z. E.. & A. M. Molina. 1997. Las especies del género Agrostis L. (Gramineae: Agrostideae) de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 54:101.
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:161.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-382.
Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Zhao, H. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity in Colonial bentgrass (Agrostis capillaris L.) revealed by EcoRi-Msel and PstI-Msel AFLP markers. Genome 49:328-335.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Agrostis tenuis
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource) Note: except turf
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: forage crop

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	bent grass			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	browntop		as Agrostis tenuis	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Agrostis tenuis
English	browntop bent			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	colonial bent			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	colonial bent grass			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	common bent			1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English	common bent grass			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	New Zealand bent grass			1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	Prince Edward Island bent grass			1	Ruemmele, B. 2000. Breeding colonial bentgrass for drought, heat, and wear. Diversity 16:34-35.
English	Rhode Island bent			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Rhode Island bent grass			1	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
English	waipu			1	Ruemmele, B. 2000. Breeding colonial bentgrass for drought, heat, and wear. Diversity 16:34-35.
Chinese	xi ruo jian gu ying	细弱剪股颖		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	agrostide commune			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	agrostide fine			2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	agrostide ténue			2	Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
German	gemeines Straußgras			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Rotstraußgras			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	agrostide tenue			2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	agróstide común			2	Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanish	hierba fina			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	rödven			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russian	polevica tonkaâ			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canarias	La Palma	Arechavaleta, M. et al., coords. 2009. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan		e.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Buryatia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk	s.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kemerovskaja oblast'		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk	s.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tomsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia	w.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Western Siberia	Western Siberia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan		e.	Ruemmele, B. A. 2003. Agrostis capillaris (Agrostis tenuis Sibth.) Colonial bentgrass. In: Casler, M. D. & R. R. Duncan, eds., Turfgrass biology, genetics, and breeding 11:187-200.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran		n.	Ruemmele, B. A. 2003. Agrostis capillaris (Agrostis tenuis Sibth.) Colonial bentgrass. In: Casler, M. D. & R. R. Duncan, eds., Turfgrass biology, genetics, and breeding 11:187-200.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey			Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Moldova			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Astrakhan		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:161.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Saratov		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:161.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Volgogradskaja oblast'		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:161.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		incl. Krym	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Ireland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
2	Cultivated	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand			Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2	Cultivated	Europe		Europe			Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2	Cultivated	Northern America		Canada			Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States			Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales		Pickering, C. & W. Hill. 2007. Roadside weeds of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Mountain Res. Developm. 27:359-367. Note: as an introduced species
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand			Pickering, C. & W. Hill. 2007. Roadside weeds of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Mountain Res. Developm. 27:359-367. Note: as an introduced species
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia		Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: as Agrostis tenuis
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon		Dennehy, C. et al. 2011. Management strategies for invasive plants in Pacific Northwest prairies, savannas, and oak woodlands. NorthW. Sci. 85:329-351.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington		Dennehy, C. et al. 2011. Management strategies for invasive plants in Pacific Northwest prairies, savannas, and oak woodlands. NorthW. Sci. 85:329-351.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: as Agrostis tenuis
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: as Agrostis tenuis
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		Dennehy, C. et al. 2011. Management strategies for invasive plants in Pacific Northwest prairies, savannas, and oak woodlands. NorthW. Sci. 85:329-351.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul		Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile			Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-382.

Native
Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias (La Palma)]
NORTHERN AFRICA: Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.), Iran (n.), Turkey
CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia (w.)], Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk (s.), Kemerovskaja oblast', Krasnoyarsk (s.), Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (e.)
CHINA: China [Henan Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Shanxi Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgogradskaja oblast'], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal

Cultivated
Australasia

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

REGION: Europe

Northern America

REGION: Canada, United States

Naturalized
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales]
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [West Virginia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [North Carolina, Virginia]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Rio Grande do Sul]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile

Reference(s)

Arechavaleta, M. et al., coords. 2009. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Dennehy, C. et al. 2011. Management strategies for invasive plants in Pacific Northwest prairies, savannas, and oak woodlands. NorthW. Sci. 85:329-351.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Pickering, C. & W. Hill. 2007. Roadside weeds of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Mountain Res. Developm. 27:359-367. Note: as an introduced species
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: as Agrostis tenuis
Ruemmele, B. A. 2003. Agrostis capillaris (Agrostis tenuis Sibth.) Colonial bentgrass. In: Casler, M. D. & R. R. Duncan, eds., Turfgrass biology, genetics, and breeding 11:187-200.
Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:161.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: sensu auct. = Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-382.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder		Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Environmental	erosion control		Ruemmele, B. 2000. Breeding colonial bentgrass for drought, heat, and wear. Diversity 16:34-35.
Environmental	erosion control		Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Environmental	erosion control		Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. 4-6. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Environmental	lawn/turf		Ruemmele, B. 2000. Breeding colonial bentgrass for drought, heat, and wear. Diversity 16:34-35.
Environmental	lawn/turf		Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
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Environmental	ornamental		Ruemmele, B. 2000. Breeding colonial bentgrass for drought, heat, and wear. Diversity 16:34-35.
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