Agrostis humilis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Agrostis humilis Vasey

Mountain bent grass

2004 Steve Matson

2015 Belinda Lo

Agrostis humilis is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Agrostis thurberiana

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~315 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Agrostis
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: meadows

Communities: Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Agrostis thurberiana
JEF + PLANTS	Podagrostis humilis
JEF + PLANTS	Podagrostis thurberiana

Information about Agrostis humilis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (AGHU) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Habitat: Alpine and subalpine meadows and screes at higher elevations. Meadows, fens, and open woodlands at lower elevations. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links null:!null:!null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/24/2025).