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§1 Plant — variety · Poaceae

Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl var. elatius

vernacular tall oatgrass

USDA
ARELE
GBIF
2704505 syn.
Rank
variety
tall oatgrass (Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius)
Platephotograph · Алексей ЛапинCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Arrhenatherum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 9 of 56 Montana counties.

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARELE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2704505 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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