PLANTS Profile for Agropyron cristatum (crested wheatgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
crested wheatgrass


Symbol:		AGCR
Group:		Monocot
Family:		Poaceae
Growth Habit:		Graminoid
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Photo of Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

Loren St. John. USDA NRCS Aberdeen PMC. Ephraim. ID. Usage Guidelines.

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Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

State Distributional Map for Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

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Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. occures in the following states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

View 334 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Agropyron or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum
crested wheatgrass

Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum
crested wheatgrass

Agropyron cristatum var. imbricatum

Classification:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae –
Order	Cyperales –
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Agropyron Gaertn. – wheatgrass
Species	Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. – crested wheatgrass

Introduced Information:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40371.

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Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

WV-Identification of Common Grasses (line drawings of collar area)