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Water whorlgrass

Catabrosa aquatica

Also called Whorl-grass, Water whorl-grass, Brookgrass

Water whorlgrass
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Aquatic
Native range
Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. Chile to S. Argentina
Climate
temperate

About

Catabrosa aquatica, called brookgrass, water whorl-grass, water whirlgrass and water hairgrass, is a widespread species of semi-aquatic grass in the genus Catabrosa, native to most of the non-tropical northern hemisphere, and to southern Chile and Argentina. As its scientific and common names suggest, it prefers to grow in wet areas, such as meadows, stream banks and lake shores.

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Whorlgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Catabrosa aquatica 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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