Agrostis canina L.
(Velvet Bent)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrostis canina (Velvet Bent)
GenusAgrostis (bent grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Agrostis canina (Velvet Bent) :
1: Agrostis canina (Velvet Bent)
31 Aug 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
loose mat of trailing leafy stolons in winter-flooding acid woodland margin
Image 1: Stolon - plantlets - white backgroundImage 2: Stolon - shoots at tip - white backgroundImage 3: Stolon - shoots at tip - white background (2)Image 4: Stolons - in loose matImage 5: Stolons - in loose mat (2)Image 6: Stolons - in loose mat (3)Image 7: Stolons - in loose mat (4)Image 8: Stolons - in loose mat (5)Image 9: Stolons - in loose mat (6)Image 10: Stolons - in loose mat (7)Image 11: Stolons - in loose mat (8)Image 12: Stolons - in loose mat (9)Image 13: Stolons - in loose mat (10)Image 14: Stolons - in loose mat (11)Image 15: Stolons - in loose mat (12)Image 16: Stolons - white backgroundImage 17: Stolon - plantlet - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Stolon - plantlet - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 19: Stolon - plantlet - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 20: Stolon - shoot at tip - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Stolon - shoot at tip - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 22: Stolon - shoot - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 23: Stolon - shoots at tip - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 24: Stolon - shoots at tip - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 25: Stolon - shoots at tip - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)

Agrostis canina (Velvet Bent) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agrostis canina (Velvet Bent)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agrostis canina (Velvet Bent)
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