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Bent grass (Agrostis capillaris)
Invasive Assessment | Impact Assessment
| Scientific name: | Agrostis capillaris L., Agrostis castellana Boiss & Reuter | |
Common name: | Bent grass | |
Habitat: | Cool, high-rainfall areas from sea level up to alpine regions, usually on poor acid soil types and in open habitats (Walsh and Entwisle 1994, Weiller et al 1995). It is a common weed of pastures and roadsides (Weiller et al 1995). Brown-top bent invades dry coastal vegetation, heathland and heathy woodland, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, damp sclerophyll forest, riparian vegetation, freshwater wetland (seasonal), and alpine and subalpine vegetation (Carr et al 1992). |
