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Scolochloa

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Scolochloa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae / Gramineae, now containing a single species, Scolochloa festucacea. Common rivergrass is a common name for the species. Scolochloa festucacea grows in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. Its culms are erect and in height; its leaf blades are long and wide.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlaska, Alberta, Altay, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Central European Russia, Chita, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Idaho

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
24
With media
12
Family
Poaceae
Collections
USF, CAS, LD, BRIT, VT
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany

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Scolochloa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae / Gramineae, now containing a single species, Scolochloa festucacea. Common rivergrass is a common name for the species. Scolochloa festucacea grows in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. Its culms are erect and in height; its leaf blades are long and wide.

The genus formerly included a second species, Scolochloa arundinacea, which is now placed in the genus Arundo as Arundo donax.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scolochloa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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