Species

Agrostis gigantea

Etymology

Agrostis: Greek name for a kind of grass

Common Name(s)

redtop

Authority

Agrostis gigantea Roth

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

AGRGIG

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

1924

Origin

Eurasia

Reason For Introduction
Unknown

This page last updated on 11 Jun 2010