''Agrostis subulata'' is a grass (i.e., a member of the
Poaceae
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 cultivate ...
family), which grows only on
Campbell Island[ and on ]Antipodes Island
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in New Zealand.[
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Description
''Agrostis subulata'' is a perennial, densely tufted, clumping grass, with erect dull blue-green leaves which are taller than the spiked inflorescences.
Habitat
It is found in herbfields, in '' Chionochloa antarctica'' grasslands and on peat covered rock ledges.
Taxonomy
''Agrostis subulata'' was first described in 1845 by Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879) was an American Civil War general for the Union, chiefly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
Hooker had serv ...
in his Flora Antarctica.[ ]
Conservation status
In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System
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The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had s ...
,
References
External links
''Agrostis subulata'' images and occurrence data
from GBIF
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subulata
Plants described in 1845
Flora of New Zealand
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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