Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Agropyron fragile subsp. fragile (Roth) P. Candargy
• (=) Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum (Willd.) Melderis
• (=) Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv.
• (=) Agropyron sibiricum var. sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv.
• Basionym: Triticum fragile Roth
• (=) Triticum sibiricum Willd.

Common names:

• crested wheatgrass  (Source: Crested Wheatgrass) - English
• Siberian crested wheatgrass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Siberian wheatgrass  (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (as Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum) forage (as Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum)
• Environmental: revegetator (of rangelands, as Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• CHINA: China [Hebei Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)]


Cultivated

Northern America

• United States (w.)

References:

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2. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102520. Accessed 19 May 2024.