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§1 Plant — species · Poaceae

Phalaris canariensis L.

vernacular annual canarygrass


USDA
PHCA5
GBIF
5289744
Rank
species
annual canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis)
Platephotograph · Christian SørensenCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Phalaris
§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 6 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/PHCA5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5289744 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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