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Agrostis maeotica Klok. - Azov bentgrass.
Taxonomic position.
Family Poaceae Benth. Sort Agrostis L.Morphology and biology.
Perennial plant. Stalks are 80-110 cm tall. Leaves 4-22(up to 24) cm in length, 1.5-7 cm wide, flat, more or less curtailed during flowering. Panicle 11-28 cm long, 0.5-5 cm wide, erect or slightly hanging, after flowering compressed and narrow. Spikelets 1.75-2.5 cm long, green or dark-violet. The bottom floral scales are 1.2-1.8 mm long, sometimes from a small straight line awn; the top floral scales are 0.75-1 mm long. Flowers in July. Anemophilous. 2n=28.Distribution.
Northern Black Sea Coast and Priazovye. Endemic.Ecology.
This species prefers sandy, saline soils. Galomesophyte.Utilization and economic value.
Fodder grass.Reference citations:
Shelyak-Sosonko, Y.P., ed. 1977. Grasses of Ukraine. Kiev: Naukova Dumka. 518 pp. (in Russian).Tzvelev N.N. 1976. Grasses of the USSR. Leningrad: Nauka. 788 pp. (in Russian).