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Tor-grass

Brachypodium pinnatum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) nliks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	19,983
Alaska	19,981
Russia	480
Germany	150
Austria	147
Czechia	89
Niederösterreich	70
Spain	67
Sverdlovsk Oblast	53
Bayern	52

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Grass-like growth formListed by a harvested source as having a graminoid or grass-like growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	monocots · Liliopsida
Order	grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Family	grasses · Poaceae
Genus	False-bromes · Brachypodium

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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