Agrostis gigantea

Classification	Flowering Plants
Family	Poaceae
Family (Traditional)	Poaceae
Genus	Agrostis
Species	Agrostis gigantea Roth
Common Name	Red top
Growth Habit	Grass
Duration	Perennial
Plant Notes	**
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native, FACW (NWPL)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Not applicable or data not available.

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Currently no photos are available for this plant.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Agrostis alba	Agrostis alba auct. non L.
Agrostis alba f. aristigera	Agrostis alba f. aristigera (Fernald) Fernald
Agrostis alba subsp. gigantea	Agrostis alba subsp. gigantea (Roth) Arcang.
Agrostis alba var. alba	Agrostis alba var. alba L.
Agrostis alba var. diffusa	Agrostis alba var. diffusa (Host) Asch. & Graebn.
Agrostis alba var. dispar	Agrostis alba var. dispar (Michx.) Alph. Wood
Agrostis alba var. gigantea	Agrostis alba var. gigantea (Roth) G. Mey.
Agrostis alba var. maior	Agrostis alba var. maior Gaudin
Agrostis alba var. vulgaris	Agrostis alba var. vulgaris Thurb.
Agrostis campestris	Agrostis campestris Phil.
Agrostis capillaris var. nigra	Agrostis capillaris var. nigra (With.) Druce
Agrostis dispar	Agrostis dispar Michx.
Agrostis exarata var. mutica	Agrostis exarata var. mutica Hicken
Agrostis gigantea var. dispar	Agrostis gigantea var. dispar (Michx.) Philipson
Agrostis gigantea var. praticola	Agrostis gigantea var. praticola (Klokov) Tzvelev
Agrostis graniticola	Agrostis graniticola Klokov
Agrostis nigra	Agrostis nigra With.
Agrostis praticola	Agrostis praticola Klokov
Agrostis sabulicola	Agrostis sabulicola Klokov
Agrostis seminuda	Agrostis seminuda Knapp
Agrostis stolonifera f. diffusa	Agrostis stolonifera f. diffusa (Host) Maire & Weiller
Agrostis stolonifera subsp. gigantea	Agrostis stolonifera subsp. gigantea (Roth) Schuebl. & Martens
Agrostis stolonifera var. diffusa	Agrostis stolonifera var. diffusa (Host) Neilr.
Agrostis stolonifera var. flagellare	Agrostis stolonifera var. flagellare Neilr.
Agrostis stolonifera var. gigantea	Agrostis stolonifera var. gigantea (Roth) Bréb.
Agrostis stolonifera var. major	Agrostis stolonifera var. major (Gaudin) Farw.
Agrostis tenuis var. nigra	Agrostis tenuis var. nigra (With.) Druce
Agrostis virletii	Agrostis virletii E. Fourn.
Agrostis vulgaris var. nigra	Agrostis vulgaris var. nigra (With.) Hook. f.
Cinna karataviensis	Cinna karataviensis N. Pavl.
Vilfa dispar	Vilfa dispar (Michx.) P. Beauv.
Vilfa divaricata	Vilfa divaricata
Vilfa gigantea	Vilfa gigantea
Vilfa nigra	Vilfa nigra (With.) Gray

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on an accession number to view full details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Dearborn, Delaware, Elkhart, Fountain, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Jasper, Jennings, Johnson, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Orange, Owen, Parke, Porter, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Steuben, Switzerland, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Union, Vermillion, Warren, Wells, White

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BUT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1932 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
19423	Lake	24 Jun 1933	Charles C. Deam 53954	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
17059	Tippecanoe	07 Jul 1933	Charles C. Deam 54057	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
65086	Clinton	04 Jul 1942	Charles M. Ek	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
65973	Tipton	14 Jul 1942	Charles M. Ek	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
42611	Howard	28 Jun 1935	Chas. W. Ek	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
42612	Cass	29 Jun 1936	Chas. W. Ek	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
42610	Miami	23 Jul 1936	Chas. W. Ek	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
154751	Madison	29 Jun 2009	Donald G. Ruch 16743	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth
28232	Carroll	07 Jun 1935	J. E. Potzger 6317	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
23530	Morgan	11 Jun 1934	J. E. Potzger 4257	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
53645	Brown	11 Jun 1934	J. E. Potzger 4266	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
23645	Brown	11 Jun 1934	J. E. Potzger 4266	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
23089	Johnson	16 Jun 1934	J. E. Potzger 4298	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13723	Marion	17 Jun 1933	J. E. Potzger 3306	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
74905	Vermillion	23 Jun 1945	J. E. Potzger 9913	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13623	Hendricks	24 Jun 1933	J. E. Potzger 3317	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13659	Putnam	24 Jun 1933	J. E. Potzger 3320	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13695	Clay	24 Jun 1933	J. E. Potzger 3357	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
67212	Madison	26 Jun 1943	J. E. Potzger 9465	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
61501	Hancock	27 Jun 1942	J. E. Potzger 9236	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13635	Johnson	28 Jun 1933	J. E. Potzger 3373	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
55412	Porter	28 Jun 1941	J. E. Potzger 9002	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
23617	Brown	30 Jun 1934	J. E. Potzger 4407	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13682	Owen	01 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3388	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
70569	Henry	01 Jul 1944	J. E. Potzger 9619	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
28312	Montgomery	02 Jul 1935	J. E. Potzger 6284	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
67109	Bartholomew	03 Jul 1943	J. E. Potzger 9476	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13427	Fountain	04 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3402	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13418	Parke	04 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3410	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13434	Parke	04 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3410	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
69996	Elkhart	05 Jul 1941	J. E. Potzger 9021	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
77433	Ripley	06 Jul 1946	J. E. Potzger 10406	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13435	Monroe	08 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3423	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
70551	Delaware	08 Jul 1944	J. E. Potzger 9645	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
69941	Steuben	12 Jul 1941	J. E. Potzger 9065	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
81043	Jasper	12 Jul 1947	J. E. Potzger 10867	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
15062	Hancock	15 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3440	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
15059	Hamilton	15 Jul 1933	J. E. Potzger 3445	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
28248	Kosciusko	18 Jul 1935	J. E. Potzger 6343	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
61636	Boone	18 Jul 1942	J. E. Potzger 9246	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
28380	Steuben	19 Jul 1935	J. E. Potzger 6372	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
28399	LaGrange	19 Jul 1935	J. E. Potzger 6388	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
28392	LaGrange	19 Jul 1935	J. E. Potzger 6408	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
32762	Miami	19 Jul 1936	J. E. Potzger 7093	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
75171	Blackford	21 Jul 1945	J. E. Potzger 9937	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
70609	Randolph	22 Jul 1944	J. E. Potzger 9649	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
81018	Clay	26 Jul 1947	J. E. Potzger 10881	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
28266	Johnson	27 Jul 1935	J. E. Potzger 6467	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
15075	Steuben	28 Jul 1953	J. E. Potzger 3498	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
34751		11 Aug 1936	J. E. Potzger 7197	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
155199	Marion	25 Jun 2006	P. A. Scott 2278	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth
155428	Marion	16 Jul 2006	P. A. Scott 2278A	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth
15963	Lawrence	21 Jul 1933	Ralph M. Kriebel	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
37005	Marion	19 Jun 1936	Ray C. Friesner 9701	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
36739	Marion	19 Jun 1936	Ray C. Friesner 9705	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
69992	Johnson	24 Jun 1939	Ray C. Friesner 13589	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
43649	Ripley	25 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12218	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
39574	Wells	26 Jun 1937	Ray C. Friesner 10857	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
56361	Miami	28 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15448	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
80849	Union	29 Jun 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20627	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
79857	Union	29 Jun 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20661	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
91226	Dearborn	01 Jul 1950	Ray C. Friesner 23441	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
12880	Marion	02 Jul 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4330	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
39556	Warren	03 Jul 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11010	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
21761	Parke	04 Jul 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5983	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
12882	Jennings	09 Jul 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4355	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
13065	Jennings	09 Jul 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4356	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
43819	Dearborn	09 Jul 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12529	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
76492	Orange	13 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20776	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
91241	Switzerland	15 Jul 1950	Ray C. Friesner 23571	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
91240	Newton	29 Jul 1950	Ray C. Friesner 23667	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
16914	Marion	08 Jul 1933	Scott McCoy	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
16912	Marion	15 Jul 1933	Scott McCoy	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
16423	White	20 Aug 1933	Scott McCoy	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
87106		15 Jul 1944	Sister Mary Pierre 64	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth.
155343	Tippecanoe	6/29/1961	R.A. deLanglade 18725	BUT
155342	Steuben	7/12/1941	Ray C. Friesner 9065	BUT
103368	Elkhart	07/05/1941	Ray C. Friesner 9021	BUT Agrostis gigantea Roth

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