Taxon: Agrostis scabra Willd.

Summary

Genus:

Agrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Agrostidinae

Nomen number:

2052

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1(1):370. 1797

Verified:

02/01/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

18 (18 active, 14 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Agrostis scabra Willd. var. scabra

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al. var. scabra (Willd.) H. L. Blomq.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al. var. tenuis (Tuck.) Gleason
Agrostis scabra Willd. var. tenuis Tuck.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Allen, C. M. 1980. Grasses of Louisiana Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
Angelo, R. & D. E. Boufford. Atlas of the flora of New England (on-line resource).
Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 35.
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa Note: = Agrostis hyemalis var. tenuis (Tuck.) Gleason
Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
Haines, A. & T. F. Vining. 1998. Flora of Maine: a manual for identification of native and naturalized vascular plants of Maine.
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.
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories.
Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants
Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada
Rugolo de Agrasar, Z. E.. & A. M. Molina. 1997. Las especies del género Agrostis L. (Gramineae: Agrostideae) de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 54:121.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis var. tenuis (Tuck.) Gleason
Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:43-45.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis var. tenuis (Tuck.) Gleason
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Yatskievych, G. 1999-. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, revised edition
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	hair grass		1	Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
English	rough bent		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	rough-hair grass		1	Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:43-45.
English	tickle grass		1	McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
English	winter bent grass		1	Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
English (Canada)	rough hair grass	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 35.
French	agrostide scabre		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	foin fou		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French (Canada)	agrostide scabre	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 35.
German	raues Straußgras		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Hokkaidô		Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu		Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea, South
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Habarovskij kraj		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kamčatskij kraj		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kurile Islands		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Magadanskaja oblast'		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin		Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Yakutia-Sakha		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador	http://nfmuseum.com/flora_poaceae_index.htm#agrostisscabrascabra	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Prince Edward Island		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming	http://www.esb.utexas.edu/tchumley/wyomap/POA/agrscasc.pdf	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico	http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/newmex_map_page?gen=Agrostis&spec=scabra	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama	n.e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi	n.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California	http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_cpn.pl?12320	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah	http://www.nr.usu.edu/Geography-Department/utgeog/utvatlas/family/poac/agsc5.html	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Northwest Territories		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Yukon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Greenland			FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Europe		Europe
4	Naturalized	Southern America		South America		s.
6	Other					perhaps natzd. in s. part of range

Native
Asia-Temperate

SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Yakutia-Sakha]
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Habarovskij kraj, Primorye, Amur, Kamčatskij kraj, Magadanskaja oblast', Sakhalin]
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu], Korea, South

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories, Yukon], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador (http://nfmuseum.com/flora_poaceae_index.htm#agrostisscabrascabra), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (http://www.esb.utexas.edu/tchumley/wyomap/POA/agrscasc.pdf)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (n.e.), Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi (n.), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/newmex_map_page?gen=Agrostis&spec=scabra), Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_cpn.pl?12320), Nevada, Utah (http://www.nr.usu.edu/Geography-Department/utgeog/utvatlas/family/poac/agsc5.html)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Jalisco, México]

Naturalized
Europe

REGION: Europe

Southern America

REGION: South America (s.)

Other (perhaps natzd. in s. part of range)

Reference(s)

Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton et al.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	erosion control		Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:43-45.
Environmental	revegetator		Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:43-45.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2052. Accessed 15 April 2026.