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Agrostis capillaris L.
IUCN
NCBI
EOL Text
IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII
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Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Rhizomes present, Rhizome elongate, creeping, stems distant, Stolons or runners present, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems geniculate, decumbent, or lax, sometimes rooting at nodes, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly basal, below middle of stem, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath and blade differentia ted, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blade margins folded, involute, or conduplicate, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence an open panicle, openly paniculate, branches spreading, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence branches more than 10 to numerous, Lower panicle branches whorled, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets laterally compressed, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating above the glumes, glumes persistent, Spikelets disarticulating beneath or between the florets, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes equal or subequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glume equal to or longe r than spikelet, Glumes 1 nerved, Lemmas thin, chartaceous, hyaline, cartilaginous, or membranous, Lemma 3 nerved, Lemma 5-7 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex truncate, rounded, or obtuse, Lemma awnless, Lemma margins thin, lying flat, Lemma straight, Palea present, well developed, Palea membranous, hyaline, Palea shorter than lemma, Palea 2 nerved or 2 keeled, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis, Caryopsis ellipsoid, longitudinally grooved, hilum long-linear.
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Perennial, rhizomatous; rhizomes scaly, short. Culms tufted, geniculate or decumbent and rooting at base, 20–70 cm tall. Leaf sheaths smooth; leaf blades linear, flat or inrolled, 2–15 cm × 1–4 mm, scabrous or nearly smooth, apex acuminate; ligule on non-flowering shoots 1–2 mm, shorter than wide, truncate. Panicle elliptic in outline, up to 20 cm, open, very lax; branches 2–5 per node, spreading, capillary, 1.5–3.5 cm, slightly flexuous, smooth or almost so, bare in lower half, spikelets well spaced. Spikelets 1.5–2.5 mm, purplish brown; glumes elliptic-lanceolate, subequal or lower glume slightly longer, lower glume scabrid along keel distally, upper glume often smooth, apex acute; callus minutely hairy; lemma 2/3–3/4 spikelet length, glabrous, midrib slightly prominent, usually awnless, apex truncate; palea 1/2–3/4 length of lemma. Anthers 0.8–1.5 mm. Fl. Aug.
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Agrostis sylvatica Hudson; A. tenuis Sibthorp; A. vulgaris Withering.
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Type fragment for Agrostis pumila Steud.
Catalog Number: US 76285
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. d'Urville
Locality: Ascencion, St. Helena Islands, Africa
- Type fragment: Steudel, E. G. von. 1854. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 171.
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Holotype for Agrostis capillaris var. aristulata Hitchc.
Catalog Number: US 838295
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Chase
Year Collected: 1905
Locality: Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North America
- Holotype: Hitchcock, A. S. 1928. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 41: 160.
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Isotype for Agrostis alba var. minor Vasey
Catalog Number: US 2479146
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. R. Vasey
Year Collected: 1887
Locality: District of Columbia, United States, North America
- Isotype: Vasey, G. 1892. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3 (1): 78.
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Holotype for Agrostis tenuis Vasey
Catalog Number: US 556227
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): S. B. Parish & W. F. Parish
Year Collected: 1881
Locality: San Bernardino Mts., San Bernardino, California, United States, North America
- Holotype: Vasey, G. 1883. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 10: 21.
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Moist grassy places, probably introduced; 1000–1500 m.
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Foodplant / spot causer
pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph of Ascochyta agrostidis causes spots on live leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / spot causer
pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph of Ascochyta leptospora causes spots on leaf of Agrostis capillaris
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Blumeria graminis parasitises live Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / gall
stroma of Epichlo causes gall of stem of Agrostis capillaris
Remarks: season: fertile in 8
Foodplant / spot causer
sporodochium of Hadrotrichum virescens causes spots on live leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / pathogen
Labyrinthula infects and damages Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / pathogen
pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph of Lidophia graminis infects and damages live inflorescence of Agrostis capillaris
Remarks: season: 5-10, esp. 7
Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Lopus decolor sucks sap of Agrostis capillaris
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
colony of Mastigosporium anamorph of Mastigosporium rubricosum causes spots on live leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / sap sucker
adult of Neides tipularius sucks sap of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / parasite
amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium of Puccinia coronata parasitises live leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Remarks: season: summer
Foodplant / parasite
linear telium of Puccinia graminis f.sp. agrostidis parasitises live stem of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / parasite
mostly epiphyllous, scattered uredium of Puccinia recondita parasitises live leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / spot causer
colony of Drechsler dematiaceous anamorph of Pyrenophora erythrospila causes spots on live leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / pathogen
internal sorus of Tilletia sphaerococca infects and damages ovary of Agrostis capillaris
Remarks: season: 9-10
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Typhula incarnata is saprobic on dying stem of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Urocystis agropyri causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Agrostis capillaris
Foodplant / parasite
embedded sorus of Urocystis agrostidis parasitises live culm of Agrostis capillaris