See other conspecific taxa:

• Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. arundinacea (0 accessions)
• Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. latifolia (0 accessions)

Common names:

• Arctic grass  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• polar grass  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• Russian grass  (Source: F Svalbard) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental: revegetator; revegetator

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Yamal Nenets]
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Khabarovsk, Amur, Kamchatka, Magadan, Chukchi]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (n.)]

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territories, Yukon] Greenland, United States [Alaska (n.)]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (n.), Ontario (n.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (n.), Alberta, Manitoba (n.), British Columbia]


Cultivated

Northern America

• Canada, United States

References:

1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
4. Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. Note: also cited as "Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East", and "Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka"
5. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation)
6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
7. Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada
8. Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard.
9. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
11. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
12. Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada.

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=3855. Accessed 3 July 2024.