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Agropyron fragile (Siberian wheatgrass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Agropyron fragile (Siberian wheatgrass; syn. Agropyron cristatum ssp. fragile (Roth) A. Löve, Agropyron cristatum var. fragile (Roth) Dorn, Agropyron fragile var. sibiricum (Willd.) Tzvelev, Agropyron fragile ssp. sibiricum (Willd.) Melderis, Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) Beauv.) is a species in the Poaceae family.
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Infraspecies

Agropyron fragile var. fragile
Agropyron fragile var. longe-aristatum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Bunch
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [2]  Rapid
Root Depth [2]  10 inches (25 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  206000 / lb (454152 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Height [2]  35 inches (0.9 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chernye Zemli Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik IV 621951 Russia  
Wood Buffalo National Park II 11038545 Alberta, Canada

Predators

Aphis gnaphalii[4]
Eriococcus agropyri (Borchsenius' felt scale)[5]
Neomargarodes ramosus[5]
Schizaphis graminum (Greenbug)[4]
Trionymus levis (aberrant mealybug)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0