Calflora Taxon Report
Agrostis stolonifera L.
Creeping bentgrass, Redtop
Agrostis stolonifera is a perennial grasslike herb that is not native to California.
Cal-IPC rating: limited

Alternate Names and Sources:
Agrostis alba var. palustrisPLANTS
Agrostis alba var. stoloniferaPLANTS
Agrostis maritimaPLANTS
Agrostis palustrisPLANTS
Agrostis stolonifera var. compactaPLANTS
Agrostis stolonifera var. palustrisPLANTS
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Bloom Period
redone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Jepson eFlora section:
monocot
USDA PLANTS group:
Monocot

Arid West: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
wetland-riparian, escaped cultivar

[Cal-IPC] Invasive: Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass) is a perennial grass (family Poaceae) and is located throughout California. Creeping bentgrass is an escaped turfgrass that can aggressively out-compete native grass species by forming dense mats. Cal-IPC Rating: Limited (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

[Wikipedia] Native to Eurasia, North Africa, possibly North America: t can be found growing in a variety of habitats including woodlands, grasslands and meadows, wetlands, riparian zones, and as a pioneer species on disturbed sites.[4] It is native to Eurasia and North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). It is possible that it may also be native to northern parts of North America, and in any case it has been widely introduced and naturalised on that continent and in many other places (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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