Species

Agrostis castellana

Etymology

Agrostis: Greek name for a kind of grass

Common Name(s)

dryland browntop

Authority

Agrostis castellana Boiss. et. Reut.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

AGRCAS

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1931

Origin

Mediterranean

Reason For Introduction
Unknown

This page last updated on 11 Jun 2010