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Agrostis capillaris (colonial bent; colonial bentgrass)

Synonyms: Agrestis polymorpha; Agrostis alba aristata; Agrostis alba minor; Agrostis alba silvatica; Agrostis alba stricta; Agrostis alba sylvatica; Agrostis alba tenuis; Agrostis alba vulgaris; Agrostis atropurpurea; Agrostis atroviolacea; Agrostis capillaris aristata; Agrostis capillaris aristulata; Agrostis capillaris oreophila; Agrostis capillaris pumila; Agrostis ceretana; Agrostis claudii; Agrostis diffusa; Agrostis divaricata; Agrostis dubia; Agrostis ericetorum; Agrostis exilis; Agrostis hornungiana; Agrostis lithuanica; Agrostis maritima; Agrostis navarroi; Agrostis palustris stricta; Agrostis polymorpha; Agrostis polymorpha breviligulata; Agrostis polymorpha capillaris; Agrostis polymorpha pumila; Agrostis polymorpha sylvatica; Agrostis pumila; Agrostis retroflexa; Agrostis rubra pumila; Agrostis simulans; Agrostis stolonifera hispida; Agrostis stolonifera minor; Agrostis stolonifera sylvatica; Agrostis stolonifera vulgaris; Agrostis tarda; Agrostis tenuis aristata; Agrostis tenuis contracta; Agrostis tenuis hispida; Agrostis tenuis hornungiana; Agrostis tenuis humilis; Agrostis tenuis montana; Agrostis tenuis oreophila; Agrostis tenuis parviflora; Agrostis tenuis pumila; Agrostis tenuis repens; Agrostis tenuis schurii; Agrostis tenuis umbrosa; Agrostis trinervata; Agrostis umbrosa; Agrostis vernalis; Agrostis versicolor; Agrostis violacea; Agrostis vulgaris; Agrostis vulgaris alpestris; Agrostis vulgaris alpigena; Agrostis vulgaris arenicola; Agrostis vulgaris aristata; Agrostis vulgaris canina; Agrostis vulgaris curvata; Agrostis vulgaris divaricata; Agrostis vulgaris ericetorum; Agrostis vulgaris hispida; Agrostis vulgaris humilis; Agrostis vulgaris montana; Agrostis vulgaris mutica; Agrostis vulgaris parviflora; Agrostis vulgaris plena; Agrostis vulgaris pumila; Agrostis vulgaris repens; Agrostis vulgaris umbracola; Agrostis vulgaris umbrosa; Aira tenorei; Decandolia pumila; Decandolia vulgaris; Milium hispidum; Trichodium arenicola; Trichodium capillare; Trichodium strictum; Vilfa alba sylvatica; Vilfa divaricata; Vilfa divaricata pumila; Vilfa hispida; Vilfa pumila; Vilfa sylvatica; Vilfa vulgaris

Wikipedia Abstract

Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent,Colonial bent, Browntop) is a rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial in the grass family. It is native to Eurasia and has been widely introduced in many parts of the world. Colonial bent grows in moist grasslands and open meadows, and can also be found in agricultural areas, roadsides, and invading disturbed areas. The name agrostis comes from the Greek word meaning forage plant, agros meaning 'a field'. It is found growing in neutral to acidic soils.
View Wikipedia Record: Agrostis capillaris

Invasive Species

Agrostis capillaris is a perennial grass that inhabits various environments ranging from urban to coastal wetland, including grassland as well as near arctic regions of the world. In areas of invasion A. capillaris reduces native biodiversity through disease transmission and competition. The many valuable uses of Agrostis capillaris have resulted in its widespread introduction into many non-native ranges around the world.
View ISSG Record: Agrostis capillaris

Attributes

Height [3]  24 inches (.62 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 1 Low Temperature: -60 F° (-51.1 C°) → -50 F° (-45.6 C°)
Light Preference [4]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [4]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [4]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist
Water Use [2]  High
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Seed, Sod
Regrowth Rate [2]  Moderate
Root Depth [2]  11 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  6129828 / lb (13513968 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [5]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Rapid

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site III 1152 Pennsylvania, United States
Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 458883 Russia  
Basegi Zapovednik Ia 93739 Perm, Russia
Beinn a`Ghlo 19978 Scotland, United Kingdom
Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve   Scotland, United Kingdom
Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park II 218515 Belarus
Ben Lui 5089 Scotland, United Kingdom
Berchtesgaden Alps National Park II 51433 Germany
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast 160731 England/Scotland, United Kingdom  
Bracket`s Coppice 133 England, United Kingdom
Buchan Ness to Collieston 513 Scotland, United Kingdom
Cadair Idris 9353 Wales, United Kingdom
Caenlochan 12860 Scotland, United Kingdom
Cairnsmore of Fleet, Silver Flowe, and Merrick Kells Biosphere Reserve 8794 Scotland, United Kingdom
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands 354692 Scotland, United Kingdom
Cape Breton Highlands National Park II 234333 Nova Scotia, Canada  
Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion 236876 Wales, United Kingdom
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve 144772 Ukraine  
Costa del Pallio 729 Italy  
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   North Carolina, United States
Craven Limestone Complex 13166 England, United Kingdom
Dahlberg 22 Germany  
Dünen Dabendorf 47 Germany  
Dorset Heaths 14161 England, United Kingdom
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes 5491 England, United Kingdom
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve V   Washington, United States
Exmoor Heaths 26455 England, United Kingdom
Forillon National Park II 61010 Quebec, Canada  
Fundy National Park II 52716 New Brunswick, Canada
Galichia Gora Zapovednik Ia 568 Lipetsk, Russia
Gauley River National Recreation Area V 10157 West Virginia, United States
George Washington Birthplace National Monument V 435 Virginia, United States
Georgian Bay Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Glacier National Park II 953799 Montana, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve 15815 Oregon, United States
Halkyn Mountain/ Mynydd Helygain 1508 Wales, United Kingdom
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park VI 715 West Virginia, United States
Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve 7809 New Hampshire, United States
Humber Estuary 90582 England, United Kingdom
Ingleborough Complex 14256 England, United Kingdom
Inverpolly 29349 Scotland, United Kingdom
Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve   Scotland, United Kingdom
Isles of Scilly Complex 66350 England, United Kingdom    
Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 692723 Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia
Kejimkujik National Park II 94203 Nova Scotia, Canada
Khopersky Zapovednik Ia 47103 Russia  
Klämmesmålen 46 Sweden  
Kouchibouguac National Park II 59161 New Brunswick, Canada
Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve 757114 Russia  
Lönningehult 83 Sweden  
Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru 3940 Wales, United Kingdom  
Lizard Point 34565 England, United Kingdom    
Loch Creran 3030 Scotland, United Kingdom  
Los Alerces National Park II 463045 Chubut, Argentina  
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom
Margate and Long Sands 160406 England, United Kingdom
Moor House – Upper Teesdale 95867 England, United Kingdom
Moorfoot Hills 21001 Scotland, United Kingdom
Moray Firth 373987 Scotland, United Kingdom  
Morecambe Bay 151985 England, United Kingdom
Nahuel Huapi National Park II 759703 Argentina  
North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro 780 Wales, United Kingdom  
North Pennine Moors 254789 England, United Kingdom
North York Moors 108930 England, United Kingdom
Okskiy Biosphere Reserve 190748 Russia  
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  
Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol 341177 Wales, United Kingdom  
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau 360832 Wales, United Kingdom
Prince Edward Island National Park II   Prince Edward Island, Canada  
Rassal 2514 Scotland, United Kingdom  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve V 1777 Spain  
Reserve de la Biosphere des Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve 301469 France  
Rhos Talglas 132 Wales, United Kingdom  
Richmond National Battlefield Park III 1517 Virginia, United States
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Salisbury Plain 52975 England, United Kingdom
Södra Bråta 79 Sweden  
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
Shingle Islands 192 Scotland, United Kingdom
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  
Strath 3426 Scotland, United Kingdom  
Taynish National Nature Reserve   Scotland, United Kingdom
Terra Nova National Park IV 125894 Newfoundland, Canada
Tierra Del Fuego National Park II 172861 Argentina
Trotternish Ridge 7834 Scotland, United Kingdom
Tsentral'no-Chernozemny Biosphere Reserve Ia 13064 Kursk, Russia
Tsentral'no-Sibirskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 2521510 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Val Grigna 7099 Italy  
Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve 95835 Russia  
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay 65440 Wales, United Kingdom  
Zhuvintas Zapovednik 18223 Lithuania  

Ecosystems

Predators

Aphrodes bicinctus <Unverified Name>[6]
Aphrodes makarovi <Unverified Name>[6]
Balanococcus singularis (solitary mealybug)[7]
Balclutha punctata[6]
Brevennia pulveraria (bluegrass mealybug)[7]
Bryotropha terrella[8]
Coenonympha pamphilus (Small Heath Butterfly)[6]
Costelytra zealandica[9]
Dysmicoccus walkeri (Walker's mealybug)[7]
Eriococcus glyceriae (grass felt scale)[7]
Eriococcus insignis (remarkable felt scale)[7]
Eriococcus laeticoris (Tereznikova's felt scale)[7]
Eriococcus pseudinsignis (boreal felt scale)[7]
Eriopeltis festucae (cottony grass scale)[7]
Eriopeltis lichtensteini[7]
Isoodon obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)[10]
Lasiommata megera <Unverified Name>[6]
Lecanopsis formicarum[7]
Lecanopsis subterranea (Borchsenius' grass scale)[7]
Leptopterna ferrugata[6]
Maniola jurtina (Meadow Brown Butterfly)[6]
Neophilaenus lineatus[6]
Orocrambus ramosellus[9]
Parafairmairia bipartita (two-humped soft scale)[7]
Phyllotreta vittula <Unverified Name>[8]
Poaspis jahandiezi (Balachowsky's soft scale)[7]
Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust)[6]
Puto superbus (superb mealybug)[7]
Rhizoecus albidus (white root-mealybug)[7]
Rhizoecus graminis (graminis ground mealybug)[7]
Rhodania occulta (Schmutterer's mealybug)[7]
Stenodema laevigata <Unverified Name>[6]
Trionymus aberrans <Unverified Name>[7]
Trionymus hamberdi (Hamberd's mealybug)[7]
Trionymus levis (aberrant mealybug)[7]
Trionymus radicum (thrift root mealybug)[7]
Trionymus thulensis (northern mealybug)[7]
Trionymus tomlini (guernsey grass mealybug)[7]
Wiseana cervinata[9]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Helicotylenchus dihystera <Unverified Name>[11]
Ibipora lolii <Unverified Name>[11]
Puccinia coronata[6]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Distribution

Bassegi Zapovednik; Europe, N. Africa to Afghanistan; North America; Oceania;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Govaerts R., 24-Oct-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 6Ecology of Commanster ♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 9New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database ♦ 10Observations on the diet of the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae), in southern Tasmania, Darren G. Quin, Australian Mammal Society, June 1988 ♦ 11Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility ♦ Natura 2000, UK data: © Crown copyright and database right [2010] All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017955
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013