[Wikipedia] Range: Trisetum spicatum is a species of grass known by the common name spike trisetum[1] and spike false oat. It is native to North America, Eurasia, and South America. In North America it occurs throughout northern regions, including northern sections of the United States and most all of Canada, its range continuing to Greenland. It is widespread throughout the Canadian Arctic Islands.[2] The grass occurs in a variety of Arctic and alpine habitat types, as well as many types of mountainous habitat in regions further south. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)