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spiked bent

Habit Tufted perennial, the culms 2-12 dm. tall, usually erect, but occasionally decumbent.
Leaves

Sheaths open, smooth;

ligules 3-8 mm. long, obtuse and lacerate;

blades flat, scabrous, 2-10 mm. broad.

Flowers

Inflorescence a congested to open panicle 5-25 cm. long, the branches ascending to erect, green to purplish, scabrous throughout;

spikelets 1-flowered, articulate above the glume;

glumes 2.5-4.5 mm. long, pointed, often with an awn or bristle tip, the second glume somewhat shorter than the first;

lemma 1.5-2.5 mm. long, always shorter than the second glume, sometimes awned from above midlength;

callus slightly bearded;

palea 0.2-0.5 mm. long;

lodicules 2, 0.3-0.5 mm. long

Fruits

Utricle

Agrostis hallii

Agrostis exarata

Flowering time June-September
Habitat Moist areas, from near sea level to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Alberta, Nebraska and Texas.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. canina, A. capillaris, A. castellana, A. exarata, A. gigantea, A. idahoensis, A. mertensii, A. microphylla, A. ×murbeckii, A. oregonensis, A. pallens, A. scabra, A. stolonifera, A. variabilis
A. canina, A. capillaris, A. castellana, A. gigantea, A. idahoensis, A. mertensii, A. microphylla, A. ×murbeckii, A. oregonensis, A. pallens, A. scabra, A. stolonifera, A. variabilis
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