Common names:

• flat-stem oat grass  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• flattened oat grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• mountain oat grass  (Source: F WVa) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage; forage

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.e.), Prince Edward Island]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (e. & c.), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (n.e.), Arkansas (e.-c.), Georgia, Kentucky (e.), Maryland, North Carolina (w.), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]

References:

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2. Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
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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=404584. Accessed 29 June 2024.