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Label

 
Accession # 07188 
Family
Family - UVUAPG III FamilyCronquist FamilyA Utah Flora
Family
PoaceaePoaceaePoaceae  
Species Agrostis variabilis Rydb.
Common name   Ross' bentgrass
Collector(s)
 Donna M. Barnes   2602  
   with K.T. Harper, R. Jolley
Coll. Date 10 July 2002 
Country
State/Province
County		 United States
Utah
Uintah County
Locality [Uinta Mountains], Leidy Peak, along trail;
     Elev.: 11388 ft. (3472 m.)
Habitat Notes alpine fir-Salix planifolia community 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Latitude Longitude 40° 46'  26" N, 109° 49'  30" W
Datum Not recorded
Uncertainty Polygon diameter (with coordinate as origin): 1' (1800 m.)

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Agrostis rossiae Vasey
     Agrostis variabilis auct. non Rydb.

Common Name(s): mountain bentgrass, Ross' bentgrass, mountain bentgrass.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=182509, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Commelinidae
                            Order: Cyperales
                                Family: Poaceae
                                    Genus: Agrostis
                                        Species: Agrostis rossiae
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 07188s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 07076s1.jpg 
07076
 specimen image: 07263s1.jpg 
07263
 specimen image: 07830s1.jpg 
07830
 specimen image: 07944s1.jpg 
07944

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
07354 Agoseris glauca  var. cronquistii   "Cronquist's mountain dandelion" same section
07369 Antennaria alpina      "alpine pussytoes" same section
07361 Antennaria corymbosa      "flat-top pussytoes" same section
07366 Arenaria lateriflora     same section
07379 Arnica latifolia      "broad-leaf arnica" same section
07179 Artemisia scopulorum      "alpine sagebrush" same section
07378 Caltha leptosepala      "white marsh marigold" same section
07189 Carex aquatilis      "water sedge" same section
07181 Carex scirpoidea  var. pseudoscirpoidea  same section
07360 Carex scirpoidea  var. pseudoscirpoidea  same section
07421 Castilleja sulphurea      "sulphur paintbrush" same section
07351 Cirsium murdockii      "Murdock's thistle" same section
07380 Cystopteris fragilis      "brittle bladder fern" same section
07365 Danthonia intermedia      "timber oatgrass" same section
07425 Deschampsia cespitosa  subsp. cespitosa   "tufted hairgrass" same section
07384 Draba brachystylis      "shortstyle whitlow-cress" same section
07367 Draba crassifolia      "thick-leaf whitlow-cress" same section
07362 Eremogone congesta  var. congesta  same section
07381 Erigeron grandiflorus      "large -flowered fleabane" same section
07363 Erigeron grandiflorus      "large -flowered fleabane" same section
07375 Festuca brachyphylla  subsp. brachyphylla   "alpine fescue" same section
07359 Festuca ovina  var. brevifolia  same section
07353 Geum rossii  var. turbinatum   "Ross' avens" same section
07186 Juncus drummondii      "Drummond's rush" same section
07424 Juncus triglumis      "three-hulled rush" same section
07356 Lewisia pygmaea      "dwarf lewisia" same section
07423 Ligusticum tenuifolium      "Idaho licorice-root" same section
07182 Luzula spicata      "spiked woodrush" same section
07382 Minuartia obtusiloba      "alpine sandwort" same section
07364 Noccaea montana  var. montana   "alpine pennycress" same section
07355 Oxyria digyna      "alpine mountainsorrel" same section
07358 Pedicularis parryi      "Parry's lousewort" same section
07372 Penstemon uintahensis      "Uinta beardtongue" same section
07187 Poa abbreviata  subsp. pattersonii   "Patterson's bluegrass" same section
07419 Poa alpina      "alpine bluegrass" same section
07376 Poa fendleriana  subsp. fendleriana   "muttongrass" same section
07383 Potentilla diversifolia  var. multisecta   "feather-leaf cinquefoil" same section
07352 Salix glauca  var. villosa   "grayleaf willow" same section
07190 Salix planifolia      "diamondleaf willow" same section
07370 Sedum lanceolatum      "spearleaf stonecrop" same section
07350 Sedum rhodanthum     same section
07357 Selaginella watsonii      "Watson's spikemoss" same section
07183 Silene acaulis  var. subacaulescens   "moss catchfly" same section
07377 Solidago multiradiata  var. scopulorum   "low goldenrod" same section
07422 Solidago multiradiata  var. scopulorum   "low goldenrod" same section
07180 Trifolium parryi      "Parry's clover" same section
07374 Vaccinium caespitosum     same section
07185 Vaccinium scoparium      "grouse whortleberry" same section
07371 Veronica wormskjoldii      "American alpine speedwell" same section
07373 Viola nephrophylla      "northern bog violet" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Leidy Peak (Summit) Uintah County, UT 0.6 mi. SW 12015  Leidy Peak 
Hacking Lake (Lake) Uintah County, UT 0.7 mi. E 10637  Leidy Peak 
Red Lake (Lake) Daggett County, UT 1.5 mi. N 9856  Leidy Peak 
Lakeshore Basin (Basin) Uintah County, UT 2 mi. SW 10749  Leidy Peak 
Hopper Lakes (Lake) Uintah County, UT 2.7 mi. S 10365  Marsh Peak 
Tepee Lakes (Lake) Daggett County, UT 2.8 mi. N 9436  Leidy Peak 
Goose Lakes (Lake) Uintah County, UT 3.1 mi. S 10256  Marsh Peak 
Old Carter Trail Historical marker (Park) Daggett County, UT 3.2 mi. N 8937  Leidy Peak 
Lake Wilde (Lake) Uintah County, UT 2.7 mi. W 11221  Leidy Peak 
Upper Goose Lake Dam (Dam) Uintah County, UT 3.4 mi. SE 10260  Marsh Peak 
Upper Goose Lake (Reservoir) Uintah County, UT 3.4 mi. SE 10263  Marsh Peak 
Pollen Lake (Lake) Daggett County, UT 2.9 mi. NW 10256  Leidy Peak 
Lower Goose Lake Dam (Dam) Uintah County, UT 3.4 mi. SE 10243  Marsh Peak 
Lower Goose Lake (Reservoir) Uintah County, UT 3.4 mi. SE 10243  Marsh Peak 
Mount Untermann (Summit) Daggett County, UT 2.8 mi. W 11963  Whiterocks Lake 
Ashley Twin Lakes Dam (Dam) Uintah County, UT 3.9 mi. S 10368  Marsh Peak 
Ashley Twin Lakes (Reservoir) Uintah County, UT 3.9 mi. S 10368  Marsh Peak 
Fish Lake (Lake) Uintah County, UT 3.9 mi. S 10745  Marsh Peak 
Long Park Reservoir (Reservoir) Uintah County, UT 3.1 mi. E 9971  Leidy Peak 
Potter Lake (Lake) Daggett County, UT 3.4 mi. NW 10145  Whiterocks Lake 

Links

Taxon Links for species Agrostis variabilis  Rydb.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Agrostis+variabilis

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