Agropyron
Encyclopedia
Agropyron is a genus
of grass
es (family
Poaceae
), native to Europe
and Asia
. Species in the genus are commonly
referred to as crested-wheat grasses. In North America, species were introduced.
Genus
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of grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
es (family
Family
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Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
), native to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Species in the genus are commonly
Common name
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referred to as crested-wheat grasses. In North America, species were introduced.
Species and subspecies
- Agropyron badamense Drobov
- Agropyron brownei (Kunth) Tsvelev
- Agropyron bulbosum Boiss.
- Agropyron calcis (Connor & Molloy)
- Agropyron cimmericum Nevski
- Agropyron cristatumAgropyron cristatumAgropyron cristatum is a species in the Poaceae family. This plant is often used as forage and erosion control...
(L.) Gaertn.Joseph GaertnerJoseph Gaertner was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum ....
- Crested wheatgrass- Agropyron cristatum subsp. baicalense
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. cristatum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. kazachstanicum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum
- Agropyron cristatum var. pluriforme
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. puberulum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. sabulosum
- Agropyron dasyanthum Ledeb.
- Agropyron desertorumAgropyron desertorumAgropyron desertorum is a species in the Poaceae family.-External links:***...
(Fisch. ex Link) Schult. - Desert Wheatgrass - Agropyron deweyi A.Löve.
- Agropyron fragileAgropyron fragileAgropyron fragile is a species in the Poaceae family.-External links:**...
(Roth) P. Candargy - Siberian wheatgrass - Agropyron junceiforme - Sand Couch Grass
- Agropyron krylovianum Schischkin
- Agropyron michnoi Roshev.
- Agropyron mongolicum Keng
- Agropyron praetermissum (Nevski)
- Agropyron pungensAgropyron pungensAgropyron pungens is a species of grass of the genus Agropyron in the Poaceae family. It is a common grass species native to Europe and Asia. Agropyron pungens is typically found in sandy, and saline environments and can tolerate harsh weather conditions; because of this it is a common pioneer...
- Sea Couch Grass - Agropyron retrofractum Vickery
- Agropyron smithii Rydb. - Western wheatgrass
- Agropyron subsecundum - Awned Wheatgrass
- Agropyron tanaiticum~ Nevski
- Agropyron thomsonii Hook. f.
- Agropyron uncinatum (Veldk.)
- Agropyron velutinum~ Nees