''Agropyron'' is a

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n plants in the

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), native to

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and

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but widely naturalized in

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. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * ''

Agropyron badamense ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * '' Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan ...

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* '' Agropyron bulbosum'' -

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Agropyron cimmericum ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * '' Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan ...

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, Crimea * ''Agropyron cristatum'' - Crested wheatgrass -

+ North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Korea + Khabarovsk; naturalized in western + central

(United States, Canada, northern Mexico) * ''Agropyron dasyanthum'' -

* ''Agropyron desertorum'' - Desert Wheatgrass - from Crimea + Caucasus to Mongolia + Siberia * ''Agropyron deweyi'' - Turkey * ''Agropyron fragile'' - Siberian wheatgrass - from Caucasus to Mongolia; naturalized in scattered locales in western United States + Canada * ''Agropyron michnoi'' - Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia * ''Agropyron mongolicum'' - Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang * ''Agropyron × pilosiglume'' - European Russia * ''Agropyron tanaiticum'' -

, European Russia * ''Agropyron thomsonii'' - Western Himalayas * ''Agropyron tsukushiense'' (Honda) ''Ohwi Ohwi'' synonym ''Elymus tsukushiensis'' * Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens, ''Agropyron tsukushiense'' var. ''transiens'' (Hack.) Ohwi synonym ''Elymus tsukushiensis'' ; formerly included species now considered better suited in other genera: ''Crithopsis Elymus (plant), Elymus Kengyilia Leymus Thinopyrum Vulpia'' etc.

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Flora of the Palearctic realm Poaceae genera Pooideae {{Pooideae-stub

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