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Desert wheatgrass

Agropyron desertorum

Also called Crested Wheatgrass, Desert Crested Wheatgrass, Standard Crested Wheatgrass, Clustered Wheat Grass

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Krym to Siberia and Pakistan
Climate
temperate

About

Agropyron desertorum (clustered wheat grass, desert crested wheatgrass, desert wheatgrass, standard crested wheatgrass; syn. Agropyron cristatum subsp. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) A. Löve, Agropyron cristatum var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Dorn) is a plant species in the family Poaceae which was originally from Russian and Siberian steppes until it was introduced to the United States from there between 1907 and 1913. Prior to its introduction it was believed that Desert wheatgrass and crested wheatgrass are different species. Currently it can still be found in Central and Western United States, except for Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Washington.

Other Agropyron plants

Crested wheatgrass · Siberian wheatgrass · Wheatgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agropyron desertorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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