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Spike bentgrass

Agrostis exarata

Also called Spike Bent, Spike Redtop, Spike Bent Grass, Western Redtop, Pacific Bentgrass

Spike bentgrass
Photo: Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacrame, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass

About

Agrostis exarata is a species of grass known by the common names spike bentgrass, spike bent, Pacific bentgrass, and spike redtop. It is native to western North America from Texas to the Aleutian Islands.

Other Agrostis plants

Blasdale bentgrass · Velvet bentgrass · Colonial bentgrass · Bentgrass · Clavate bentgrass · Agrostis delislei · California bentgrass · Agrostis dyeri · Elliott's bentgrass · Redtop · Agrostis goughensis · Hall's bentgrass

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

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