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Agrostis stolonifera

Common Name: creeping bentgrass,
Scientific Name: Agrostis stolonifera L., syn. Agrostis palustris
Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family

Identification Notes

Life Cycle: 
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping stolons
Culms: 
erect from prostrate and low growing
Culms of Creeping Bentgrass
Culms of Creeping Bentgrass
Culms of Creeping Bentgrass
Leaves: 
blades light green, thin, tips pointed, veins above prominent, rolled in the bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, thin, tall, pointed, finely toothed or rounded
Leaves of Creeping Bentgrass
Seedheads: 
open panicle, green or pale purplish