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orchard grass

Dactylis glomerata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 29,173, February 21,547, March 33,759, April 53,111, May 76,578, June 83,503, July 89,354, August 76,844, September 56,417, October 42,111, November 23,011, December 17,985.
Alaska603,395
United States27,742
Russia15,142
Canada9,224
United Kingdom6,821
England5,983
British Columbia4,248
Germany3,569
Ontario3,477
Ukraine2,899

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
Genuscocks-foot and orchard grasses · Dactylis

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