Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Polypogon > Polypogon australis

Polypogon australis (Chilean rabbit's-foot grass; Chilean rabbitsfoot grass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Polypogon australis is a species of grass known by the common names Chilean beard grass and Chilean rabbitsfoot grass. It is native to Chile and Argentina. It is also known in parts of the western United States where it is an introduced species and invasive species that grows in moist habitat types such as ditches.
View Wikipedia Record: Polypogon australis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lago Puelo National Park II 47607 Chubut, Argentina
Los Alerces National Park II 463045 Chubut, Argentina  
Nahuel Huapi National Park II 759703 Argentina  

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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