Agrostis exarata is a species of grass known by the common names spike bentgrass, spike bent, Pacific bentgrass, and spike redtop. It is native to western North America from Texas to the Aleutian Islands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific bentgrass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calamagrostis stricta
- Calamagrostis inexpansa
- Agrostis pallens
- Graphephorum wolfii
- Apera interrupta
- Sphenopholis intermedia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis
- Species
- Agrostis exarata
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