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Agrostis capillaris

Family Poaceae

Species Profile

Species classification	Naturalised
Common names	Browntop, Colonial Bent, Colonial Bent Grass, Common Bent Grass, New Zealand Bent Grass, Prince Edward Island Bent Grass, Rhode Island Bent, Rhode Island Bent Grass
Synonyms	Agrostis alba; Agrostis atroviolacea Sennen; Agrostis capillaris Huds.; Agrostis ceretana Sennen; Agrostis divaricata Hoffm; Agrostis exilis Loisel; Agrostis hispida Willd.; Agrostis laxa Gray; Agrostis lithuanica Besser; Agrostis navarroi Sennen; Agrostis palustris var. stricta (Roem. & Schult.) House; Agrostis polymorpha (many var. with diff authors); Agrostis polymorpha var. breviligulata Neilr; Agrostis pumila L.; Agrostis retroflexa Balb.; Agrostis rubra var. pumila (L.) Wimm. & Grab.; Agrostis simulans Hemsl.; Agrostis stolonifera (several var. diff authors); Agrostis stricta Willd; Agrostis sylvatica Huds.; Agrostis tarda Drude; Agrostis tenuis Sibth.; Agrostis trinervata Trin.; Agrostis umbrosa (Schur) Dalla in Torre & Sarnth.; Agrostis vulgaris With.; Decandolia pumila (L.) T.Bastard; Decandolia vulgaris (With.) T.Bastard; Milium hispidum (Willd.) Lag.; Trichodium capillare (L.) Roth; Trichodium strictum Roem. & Schult.; Vilfa alba var. sylvatica (Huds.) Gray; Vilfa divaricata (Hoffm.) Gray; Vilfa hispida (Willd.) P.Beauv.; Vilfa pumila (L.) P.Beauv.; Vilfa sylvatica (Huds.) P.Beauv.; Vilfa vulgaris (With.) Gray.; Vilfa vulgaris (With.) P.Beauv.
Longevity	Perennial
Growth form	Graminoid
Seed dispersal morphology	Information unavailable
Maximum height (m)	1
Capable of vegetative reproduction	Yes
Native range	Europe, Africa, Asia
Exotic range (Australia)	ACT, NSW, NT, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Exotic range (other)	Oceania, Asia, Pacific Ocean Islands, North America, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Greenland
Habitat types (exotic)	Roadsides, Riparian systems, Wetlands, Coastal vegetation/sand dunes, Grasslands
Soil type (exotic)	Moist soils, Sandy, Alkaline, Infertile - low fertility, Acidic
Decade of introduction	1870