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Silkybent

Apera

Also called Silky Bentgrass, Windgrass, Silky Bents

Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as: Grass, Annual

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Apera is a small genus of annual grasses, known commonly as silkybent grass or windgrass. They are native to Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia but have been introduced and naturalized in much of North and South America.

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Loose silkybent

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

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