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''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly
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genus of plants in the
grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a
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creeping bent grass.


Species

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accepted the following species: *'' Agrostis ambatoensis'' Asteg. * ''Agrostis'' × ''amurensis'' Prob. *'' Agrostis anadyrensis'' Soczava *'' Agrostis angrenica'' (Butkov) Tzvelev * ''Agrostis'' × ''aquitanica'' Romero Zarco & Romero García *'' Agrostis arvensis'' Phil. *''
Agrostis atlantica ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Maire & Trab. *'' Agrostis australiensis'' Mez * ''Agrostis'' × ''avatschensis'' Prob. *'' Agrostis balansae'' (Boiss.) Tzvelev *''
Agrostis barikii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' P.Agnihotri & D.Prasad *''
Agrostis basalis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online ...
'' Luces *'' Agrostis bergiana'' Trin. *''
Agrostis bettyae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' S.W.L.Jacobs * ''Agrostis'' × ''bjoerkmannii'' Widén *''
Agrostis blasdalei ''Agrostis blasdalei'' is a species of grass known by the common name Blasdale's bent grass. It is endemic to the coast of northern California, where it grows in habitat along the immediate coastline, such as dunes and bluffs. Description It is ...
'' Hitchc. *''
Agrostis boormanii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Vickery *''
Agrostis bourgaei ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' E.Fourn. *''
Agrostis boyacensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Swallen & García-Barr. *''
Agrostis brachiata ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Munro ex Hook.f. *''
Agrostis brachyathera ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Steud. *''
Agrostis breviculmis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Hitchc. *''
Agrostis burmanica ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Bor *''
Agrostis calderoniae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' Acosta *''
Agrostis canina ''Agrostis canina'', the velvety bentgrass, brown bent or velvet bent, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Description ''Agrostis canina'' is a perennial plant, with stolons but no rhizomes, and culms which grow to a height of up to . ...
'' L. *''
Agrostis capillaris ''Agrostis capillaris'', the common bent, colonial bent, or browntop, is a rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial in the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to Eurasia and has been widely introduced in many parts of the world. Colonial be ...
'' L. (common bent, browntop) *''
Agrostis carmichaelii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a Genetically modified organis ...
'' Schult. & Schult.f. *'' Agrostis castellana'' Boiss. & Reut. (highland bent) * ''Agrostis'' × ''castriferrei'' Waisb. *'' Agrostis clavata'' Trin. (northern bent) * ''Agrostis'' × ''clavatiformis'' Prob. *''
Agrostis clemensiorum ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Bor *'' Agrostis comorensis'' A.Camus *'' Agrostis congestiflora'' Tutin & E.F.Warb. *''
Agrostis continuata ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Stapf *'' Agrostis cypricola'' H.Lindb. *''
Agrostis czernjaginae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Prob. *''
Agrostis decaryana ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' A.Camus *'' Agrostis delislei'' Hemsl. *'' Agrostis densiflora'' Vasey (California bent) *'' Agrostis diemenica'' D.I.Morris *'' Agrostis divaricatissima'' Mez *'' Agrostis dshungarica'' (Tzvelev) Tzvelev *''
Agrostis dyeri ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Petrie *'' Agrostis elliotii'' Hack. *'' Agrostis elliottiana'' Schult. *''
Agrostis emirnensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' (Baker) Bosser *'' Agrostis exarata'' Trin. (spike bent) *'' Agrostis filipes'' Hook.f. *'' Agrostis flaccida'' Hack. *'' Agrostis foliata'' Hook.f. * ''Agrostis'' × ''fouilladei'' P.Fourn. *''
Agrostis gariana ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Taheri *'' Agrostis ghiesbreghtii'' E.Fourn. *''
Agrostis gigantea ''Agrostis gigantea'', known by its common names black bent and redtop, is a perennial grass of the ''Agrostis'' genus. It is native to Europe, but in the cooler areas of North America was widely used as a pasture grass until the 1940s. Although ...
'' Roth (black bent, redtop) * ''Agrostis'' × ''gigantifera'' Portal *''
Agrostis glabra ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online ...
'' (J.Presl) Kunth *'' Agrostis goughensis'' C.E.Hubb. *'' Agrostis gracilifolia'' C.E.Hubb. *'' Agrostis gracililaxa'' Franco *'' Agrostis griffithiana'' (Hook.f.) Bor *''
Agrostis hallii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Vasey * ''Agrostis'' × ''hegetschweileri'' Brügger *'' Agrostis hendersonii'' Hitchc. *''
Agrostis hesperica ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Romero García, Blanca, G.López & C.Morales *'' Agrostis hideoi'' Ohwi *'' Agrostis hirta'' Veldkamp *'' Agrostis holgateana'' C.E.Hubb. *'' Agrostis hookeriana'' C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. *''
Agrostis hooveri ''Agrostis hooveri'' is a species of grass known by the common name Hoover's bent grass. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from western San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Description It grows in woodland and chaparral ...
'' Swallen *'' Agrostis howellii'' Scribn. ex Vasey *'' Agrostis hugoniana'' Rendle *''
Agrostis humbertii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' A.Camus *'' Agrostis hyemalis'' (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. (winter bent) *''
Agrostis hygrometrica ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Nees *'' Agrostis idahoensis'' Nash *'' Agrostis imbecilla'' Zotov *''
Agrostis imberbis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Phil. *'' Agrostis inaequiglumis'' Griseb. *'' Agrostis inconspicua'' Kunze *'' Agrostis infirma'' Buse *'' Agrostis innominata'' Enustsch. *'' Agrostis insularis'' Rúgolo & A.M.Molina *'' Agrostis isopholis'' C.E.Hubb. *''
Agrostis jahnii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Luces *''
Agrostis joyceae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
'' S.W.L.Jacobs *''
Agrostis juressi ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Link *'' Agrostis keniensis'' Pilg. *'' Agrostis kilimandscharica'' Mez *''
Agrostis koelerioides ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' É.Desv. *'' Agrostis kolymensis'' Kuvaev & A.P.Khokhr. *''
Agrostis korczaginii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Senjan.-Korcz. *''
Agrostis kurczenkoae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Prob. *''
Agrostis lacuna-vernalis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' P.M.Peterson & Soreng *''
Agrostis laegaardii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a Genetically modified organis ...
'' A.M.Molina & Rúgolo * ''Agrostis'' × ''lapenkoi'' Prob. *'' Agrostis laxissima'' Swallen *'' Agrostis lazica'' Balansa *'' Agrostis lehmannii'' Swallen *'' Agrostis lenis'' Roseng. *'' Agrostis leptotricha'' É.Desv. *'' Agrostis longiberbis'' Hack. ex Lor.B.Sm. *'' Agrostis mackliniae'' Bor *''
Agrostis mannii ''Agrostis mannii'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ec ...
'' (Hook.f.) Stapf *''
Agrostis marojejyensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' A.Camus *'' Agrostis masafuerana'' Pilg. *'' Agrostis media'' Carmich. *'' Agrostis mertensii'' Trin. (Arctic bent) *'' Agrostis merxmuelleri'' Greuter & H.Scholz *'' Agrostis meyenii'' Trin. *'' Agrostis micrantha'' Steud. *'' Agrostis microphylla'' Steud. *'' Agrostis montevidensis'' Spreng. ex Nees *'' Agrostis muelleriana'' Vickery *'' Agrostis munroana'' Aitch. & Hemsl. * ''Agrostis'' × ''murbeckii'' Fouill. *'' Agrostis muscosa'' Kirk *'' Agrostis musjidii'' Rajesw., R.R.Rao & Arti Garg *'' Agrostis nebulosa'' Boiss. & Reut. *''
Agrostis nervosa ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Nees ex Trin. *''
Agrostis neshatajevae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Prob. *''
Agrostis nevadensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Boiss. *'' Agrostis nevskii'' Tzvelev * ''Agrostis'' × ''novograblenovii'' Prob. *''
Agrostis olympica ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' (Boiss.) Bor *'' Agrostis oregonensis'' Vasey *''
Agrostis oresbia ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Edgar *''
Agrostis osakae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Honda *''
Agrostis pallens ''Agrostis pallens'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common name seashore bentgrass. Distribution It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it grows in many types of habitat, typicall ...
'' Trin. (dune bent, seashore bent) *'' Agrostis pallescens'' Cheeseman * ''Agrostis'' × ''paramushirensis'' Prob. *'' Agrostis parviflora'' R.Br. *'' Agrostis paulsenii'' Hack. *''
Agrostis pendryi ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Paszko *'' Agrostis peninsularis'' Hook.f. *'' Agrostis perennans'' (Walter) Tuck. (upland bent) *'' Agrostis personata'' Edgar *'' Agrostis peschkovae'' Enustsch. *'' Agrostis petriei'' Hack. *'' Agrostis philippiana'' Rúgolo & De Paula *''
Agrostis phillipsiae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' R.Kr.Singh, Arigela & Ch.S.Reddy *'' Agrostis pilgeriana'' C.E.Hubb. *''
Agrostis pilosula ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Trin. *'' Agrostis pittieri'' Hack. *'' Agrostis platensis'' Parodi *'' Agrostis pleiophylla'' Mez *'' Agrostis pourretii'' Willd. *''
Agrostis producta ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Pilg. *'' Agrostis propinqua'' S.W.L.Jacobs *''
Agrostis quinqueseta ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' (Steud.) Hochst. *'' Agrostis reuteri'' Boiss. *''
Agrostis rossiae ''Agrostis rossiae'', or Ross' bentgrass, is a species of perennial or annual grass that is endemic to the Firehole River drainage and Shoshone Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is a List of national park ...
'' Vasey *''
Agrostis rupestris ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' All. *''
Agrostis salaziensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' C.Cordem. *''
Agrostis salsa ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online ...
'' Korsh. *'' Agrostis sandwicensis'' Hillebr. * ''Agrostis'' × ''sanionis'' Asch. & Graebn. *''
Agrostis scabra ''Agrostis scabra'' is a common species of Poaceae, grass known by the common names hair grass, rough bent, rough bent grass, winter bent grass, and ticklegrass. page 210 A tumbleweed, it is a bunchgrass native to Asia and much of North America, ...
'' Willd. (rough bent, tickle bent) *'' Agrostis scabrifolia'' Swallen *''
Agrostis schischkinii ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Paszko *'' Agrostis schmidii'' (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. *''
Agrostis schraderiana ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Bech. *''
Agrostis sclerophylla ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' C.E.Hubb. *''
Agrostis serranoi ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a Genetically modified organis ...
'' Phil. *''
Agrostis sichotensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Prob. *'' Agrostis sikkimensis'' Bor *'' Agrostis sinocontracta'' S.M.Phillips & S.L.Lu *'' Agrostis sinorupestris'' L.Liu ex S.M.Phillips & S.L.Lu * ''Agrostis'' × ''stebleri'' (Asch. & Graebn.) Portal *''
Agrostis stolonifera ''Agrostis stolonifera'' (creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent or carpet bentgrass) is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae. It is widely used as turf for golf courses. Description ''Agrostis stolonifera'' is st ...
'' L. (creeping bent) * ''Agrostis'' × ''subclavata'' Prob. *'' Agrostis subpatens'' Hitchc. *'' Agrostis subrepens'' (Hitchc.) Hitchc. *''
Agrostis subspicata ''Agrostis subspicata'', synonym ''Chaetopogon fasciculatus'', is a species of European and North African plants in the grass family.Janchen, Erwin Emil Alfred 1913. Europaischen Gattungen der Farn-und Blutenpflanzen (ed. 2) 33 It is native Nat ...
'' (Willd.) Raspail *''
Agrostis subulata ''Agrostis subulata'' is a grass (i.e., a member of the Poaceae family), which grows only on Campbell Island and on Antipodes Island in New Zealand. Description ''Agrostis subulata'' is a perennial, densely tufted, clumping grass, with erect ...
'' Hook.f. *'' Agrostis subulifolia'' Stapf *''
Agrostis swalalahos ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Otting *'' Agrostis tandilensis'' (Kuntze) Parodi (Kennedy's bent) *'' Agrostis tateyamensis'' Tateoka *'' Agrostis taylorii'' C.E.Hubb. *'' Agrostis tenerrima'' Trin. *''
Agrostis thompsoniae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' S.W.L.Jacobs *''
Agrostis tibestica ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Miré & Quézel *''
Agrostis tileni ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' G.Nieto Fel. & Castrov. *'' Agrostis tolucensis'' Kunth * ''Agrostis'' × ''torgesii'' Portal *'' Agrostis trachychlaena'' C.E.Hubb. *'' Agrostis trachyphylla'' Pilg. *'' Agrostis trisetoides'' Steud. *''
Agrostis truncata ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Charit. *'' Agrostis tsaratananensis'' A.Camus *''
Agrostis tsiafajavonensis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a Genetically modified organis ...
'' A.Camus *'' Agrostis tsitondroinensis'' A.Camus *''
Agrostis turrialbae ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Mez *'' Agrostis tuvinica'' Peschkova *'' Agrostis uliginosa'' Phil. *'' Agrostis umbellata'' Colla *'' Agrostis ushae'' Noltie * ''Agrostis'' × ''ussuriensis'' Prob. *''
Agrostis valvata ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online a ...
'' Steud. *'' Agrostis variabilis'' Rydb. (mountain bent) *'' Agrostis venezuelana'' Mez *'' Agrostis venusta'' Trin. *'' Agrostis vidalii'' Phil. *''
Agrostis vinealis ''Agrostis vinealis'' () is a species of grass known by the common names brown bentgrass and brown bent, which can be found from Russia to Mongolia, China, Pakistan, India and Alaska. It was introduced to Greenland and South Georgia and the South ...
'' Schreb. (brown bent) *'' Agrostis volkensii'' Stapf *''
Agrostis wacei ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Onlin ...
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Agrostula ''Agrostula'' is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, ''Agrostula truncatula'', which is native to the Pyrenees of France and Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. It includes two subspecies: *''Agrostula truncatula'' subsp. ''durieui'' ...
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Deschampsia ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

Creeping bent

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Agrostis stolonifera ''Agrostis stolonifera'' (creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent or carpet bentgrass) is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae. It is widely used as turf for golf courses. Description ''Agrostis stolonifera'' is st ...
'' is the most commonly used species of ''Agrostis''. Historically, it was often called Orcheston long grass, after a village on Salisbury Plain, England. It is cultivated almost exclusively on golf courses, especially on putting greens. Creeping bent aggressively produces horizontal stems, called stolons, that run along the soil's surface. These allow creeping bent to form dense stands especially when mown at low mowing heights and outcompete bunch-type grass and broadleaf weeds. As such, if infested in a home lawn and mown at higher mowing heights, it can become a troublesome weed problem. The leaves of the bentgrass are long and slender. It can quickly take over a home lawn if it is not controlled and has very shallow roots. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and Monsanto genetically engineered creeping bent to be glyphosate-tolerant under Monsanto's Roundup Ready trademark, as "one of the first wind-pollinated, perennial, and highly outcrossing transgenic crops". In 2003, Scotts planted it as part of a large (about 160 ha) field trial in central Oregon near Madras, Oregon, Madras. In 2004, its pollen was found to have reached wild growing bentgrass populations up to 14 kilometres away. Cross-pollinating ''
Agrostis gigantea ''Agrostis gigantea'', known by its common names black bent and redtop, is a perennial grass of the ''Agrostis'' genus. It is native to Europe, but in the cooler areas of North America was widely used as a pasture grass until the 1940s. Although ...
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Common bent

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Agrostis capillaris ''Agrostis capillaris'', the common bent, colonial bent, or browntop, is a rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial in the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to Eurasia and has been widely introduced in many parts of the world. Colonial be ...
'', or colonial bent, was brought to America from Europe. This was the type of grass that was used on the lawns of most estates. It is the tallest of the bents with very fine texture and like most bent grasses grows very densely. Although this species has been used on golf courses and sporting fields it is better suited for lawns. Colonial bent is fairly easy to grow from seeds and fertilization of the lawn is not as intense. This grass also takes longer to establish than creeping bent. However it does not require the intense maintenance.


Velvet bent

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Agrostis canina ''Agrostis canina'', the velvety bentgrass, brown bent or velvet bent, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Description ''Agrostis canina'' is a perennial plant, with stolons but no rhizomes, and culms which grow to a height of up to . ...
'' gets its name for the velvet appearance that this grass produces. It has the finest texture of all the bent grasses. This grass was used in Europe for estate lawns and golf courses because it could be cut so short. Velvet bent grass requires similar upkeep and maintenance to creeping bent. Velvet bent has recently had a resurgence in the UK due to the high demands on greens from inclement weather and speed expectations. This species also has a lighter color than the two previous species.


Butterfly food plant

Butterflies whose caterpillars feed on ''Agrostis'' include: * Zabulon skipper, ''Poanes zabulon''


See also

* Dollar spot * List of Poaceae genera


References


External links


Interactive Key to ''Agrostis'' of North America
{{Authority control Agrostis, Lawn grasses Poaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus