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Agrostis gigantea (redtop; black bent; water bentgrass)

Synonyms: Agrostis alba aristata; Agrostis alba aristigera; Agrostis alba compressa; Agrostis alba diffusa; Agrostis alba dispar; Agrostis alba dubia; Agrostis alba gigantea; Agrostis alba hostiana; Agrostis alba major; Agrostis alba pontica; Agrostis altissima; Agrostis campestris; Agrostis capillaris nigra; Agrostis capillaris repens; Agrostis compressa; Agrostis dispar; Agrostis dubia; Agrostis exarata mutica; Agrostis gautieri; Agrostis gigantea dispar; Agrostis gigantea gautieri; Agrostis gigantea glaucescens; Agrostis gigantea pontica; Agrostis gigantea praticola; Agrostis gigantea ramosa; Agrostis gigantea repens; Agrostis graniticola; Agrostis limosa; Agrostis maeotica; Agrostis nigra; Agrostis osakae; Agrostis palustris aristata; Agrostis parviflora; Agrostis praticola; Agrostis repens; Agrostis rubra tenella; Agrostis sabulicola; Agrostis seminuda; Agrostis signata gigantea; Agrostis signata limosa; Agrostis stolonifera; Agrostis stolonifera aristigera; Agrostis stolonifera diffusa; Agrostis stolonifera gigantea; Agrostis stolonifera major; Agrostis stolonifera ramosa; Agrostis stolonifera rothii; Agrostis stolonifera sylvatica; Agrostis stolonifera tenella; Agrostis stolonifera vaginata; Agrostis sylvatica; Agrostis tenella; Agrostis tenuis nigra; Agrostis vinealis gigantea; Agrostis vulgaris dubia; Agrostis vulgaris nigra; Agrostis vulgaris repens; Agrostis vulgaris sylvatica; Agrostis vulgaris tenella; Cinna karataviensis; Vilfa alba ramosa; Vilfa compressa; Vilfa dispar; Vilfa gigantea; Vilfa nigra

Wikipedia Abstract

Agrostis gigantea, known by its common name 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 Although it has largely been replaced by soybeans and more palatable grasses, it still gets some use in poor soils. It was one of the grasses planted in areas disturbed by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. It generally does well in response to fires, due to survival of rhizomes and seeds.
View Wikipedia Record: Agrostis gigantea

Infraspecies

Agrostis gigantea subsp. maeotica

Invasive Species

Agrostis gigantea commonly known as redtop, is reported to be weedy or invasive in some states in the USA and provinces in Canada. Native to temperate and tropical Asia, parts of Europe and North Africa, it was introduced for use as turf or lawn grass, as a fodder and forage species or for erosion control and revegetation purposes. Its impacts include displacement of native species in habitats where it is not managed properly.
View ISSG Record: Agrostis gigantea

Attributes

Height [3]  31 inches (.8 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [4]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [4]  Rich
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist
Water Use [2]  Moderate
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Frost Free Days [2]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [2]  Moderate
Root Depth [2]  14 inches (36 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  4851190 / lb (10695053 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Decumbent
Structure [5]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Rapid

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Basegi Zapovednik Ia 93739 Perm, Russia
Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve   Scotland, United Kingdom
Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park II 218515 Belarus
Bolshekhekhtsirsky Zapovednik Ia 112282 Khabarovsk, Russia
Bruce Peninsula National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve 144772 Ukraine  
Chilterns Beechwoods 3154 England, United Kingdom  
Coram Biosphere Reserve 7460 Montana, United States
Craven Limestone Complex 13166 England, United Kingdom
Dorset Heaths 14161 England, United Kingdom
East Caithness Cliffs 1094 Scotland, United Kingdom
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Essex Estuaries 114016 England, United Kingdom
Exmoor Heaths 26455 England, United Kingdom
Forillon National Park II 61010 Quebec, Canada  
Fort Donelson National Battlefield III 560 Tennessee, United States
Fort Necessity National Battlefield III 1019 Pennsylvania, United States
Fraser Biosphere Reserve 23050 Colorado, United States  
Galichia Gora Zapovednik Ia 568 Lipetsk, Russia
Georgian Bay Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Gettysburg National Military Park V 3560 Pennsylvania, United States
Grand Rapids Audubon Club Maher Sanctuary 80 Michigan, United States
Gros Morne National Park II 476632 Newfoundland, Canada
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Hackpen Hill 89 England, United Kingdom  
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site III 861 Pennsylvania, United States
Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve 7809 New Hampshire, United States
Humber Estuary 90582 England, United Kingdom
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve Ib 571799 Michigan, United States
Katunsky Biosphere Reserve 393162 Altai, Russia
Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 692723 Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia
Kejimkujik National Park II 94203 Nova Scotia, Canada
Khopersky Zapovednik Ia 47103 Russia  
Kouchibouguac National Park II 59161 New Brunswick, Canada
Lago Puelo National Park II 47607 Chubut, Argentina
Lake Superior Provincial Park IV 351011 Ontario, Canada
Lanín National Park II 536819 Neuquen, Argentina
Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve 757114 Russia  
Lizard Point 34565 England, United Kingdom    
Los Alerces National Park II 463045 Chubut, Argentina  
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Moray Firth 373987 Scotland, United Kingdom  
Morecambe Bay 151985 England, United Kingdom
Nahuel Huapi National Park II 759703 Argentina  
Nez Perce National Historical Park V 2076 Idaho, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
North Pennine Moors 254789 England, United Kingdom
North Somerset and Mendip Bats 1387 England, United Kingdom
North York Moors 108930 England, United Kingdom
Okskiy Biosphere Reserve 190748 Russia  
Oregon Caves National Monument V 456 Oregon, United States
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau 360832 Wales, United Kingdom
Petersburg National Battlefield III 3338 Virginia, United States
Pevensey Levels 8860 England, United Kingdom  
Pipestone National Monument V 326 Minnesota, United States
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Prince Edward Island National Park II   Prince Edward Island, Canada  
Pukaskwa National Park II 459860 Ontario, Canada
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Salisbury Plain 52975 England, United Kingdom
Sayano-Shushenskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 964620 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
South Wight Maritime 49082 England, United Kingdom
Sunart 25320 Scotland, United Kingdom
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States
Terra Nova National Park IV 125894 Newfoundland, Canada
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast 266284 England, United Kingdom
Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve Ia 62630 Russia  
Tsentral'no-Sibirskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 2521510 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Depression) Zapovednik Ia 798640 Tuva, Russia
Ukrainskii Stepnoi Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik Ia 2920 Ukraine  
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
Ussuriysky Zapovednik Ia 99910 Primorsky Krai , Russia
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States
Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods 829 England, United Kingdom
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay 65440 Wales, United Kingdom  
Zhuvintas Zapovednik 18223 Lithuania  

Ecosystems

Predators

Duplachionaspis divergens[6]
Dysmicoccus walkeri (Walker's mealybug)[6]
Eriococcus glyceriae (grass felt scale)[6]
Eriopeltis festucae (cottony grass scale)[6]
Heterococcus nudus (naked grass-mealybug)[6]
Peliococcus balteatus (girdled mealybug)[6]
Trionymus placatus (pleasant grass mealybug)[6]
Trionymus summus <Unverified Name>[6]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Distribution

Bassegi Zapovednik; North America; Temp. Eurasia;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Govaerts R., 24-Oct-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve ♦ GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility ♦ Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ♦ Maher Sanctuary, Grand Rapids Audubon Club
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013