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Agrostis pallens
Also called Dune Bent, Dune Bentgrass, Seashore Bent, Thingrass
Seashore bentgrass (Agrostis pallens) is a perennial bunchgrass native to western North America, found in open meadows, woodlands and dry subalpine sites. It is grown mainly for habitat or naturalistic plantings rather than as a lawn grass, and it tolerates dry, open conditions.
Agrostis pallens is a species of grass known by the common name seashore bentgrass.
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it grows in many types of habitat, typically open meadows, woodlands, subalpine areas, and other dry habitats. The diploid number of the grass is either 42 or 56.
Bentgrass · Redtop · Rough bentgrass · Creeping bentgrass · Bentgrass
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
