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Koeleria macrantha

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Internal ID UUID6440310def99d773931339
Scientific name Koeleria macrantha
Authority (Ledeb.) Schult.
First published in Mant. 2: 345 (1824)

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Common products:
- Hay: the plant is harvested for livestock feed in some regions, providing a cool‑season forage of moderate nutritional value (crude protein 8–12 % DM). Average dry‑matter yields of 2–4 t ha⁻¹ have been reported under managed grazing systems, with hay typically cut in late spring before seed set. The low lignin content improves palatability and digestibility.
- Ornamental plantings: cultivated as a native ornamental grass for naturalistic landscaping, xeriscapes, low‑maintenance meadows, and prairie‑style designs; sold as potted plants or seed mixes. Its fine‑textured, narrow leaves (≤5 mm) and persistent seed heads provide winter interest.
- Seed for restoration: commercial seed production supplies native‑grass seed for prairie restoration, roadside revegetation, wildlife habitat projects, and Conservation Reserve Program plantings. Seed is harvested, cleaned, and packaged following industry standards.

Properties relevant to use:
- Cool‑season bunchgrass; low lignin content compared with warm‑season grasses, enhancing palatability for grazing animals.
- Early‑season growth emerges in late winter to early spring, offering forage before many warm‑season species.
- Fine‑textured leaves and moderate seed production support hay production and seed harvesting.
- Root system typically reaches 30–60 cm depth, improving soil stabilization on marginal sites.
- Leaf blades have a low C:N ratio, contributing to rapid decomposition and reduced fire fuel loads.
- Shows moderate drought tolerance, retaining green foliage longer than many cool‑season grasses during summer drought.
- Nutrient composition: crude fat 2–3 % DM, ash 7–9 % DM, neutral detergent fiber 45–55 % DM.
- Seed dormancy requires cold stratification; germination occurs at 5–15 °C; 1000‑seed weight ≈0.9 g, with seed yields of 2–4 kg ha⁻¹ under optimal conditions.
- Seeds retain viability for >5 years when stored at 4 °C and 30 % RH.

Scientific/model‑organism use:
- Used in ecological, physiological, and genetic research as a representative C3 cool‑season grass; studies have examined phenology, grazing response, and population genetics using chloroplast DNA and microsatellite markers.
- Its genome has been sequenced as part of comparative Poaceae genomics, providing a reference for evolution and gene‑function studies in C3 grasses.
- Molecular markers have been developed for population genetics, informing restoration seed sourcing and adaptive management.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Native to North America; widespread but listed as a species of conservation concern in several states.
- Wild‑collection is limited to avoid depletion; most commercial seed is produced by certified native‑plant nurseries through seed‑increase programs.
- Seed certification follows AOSA/ISTA standards; recommended pure‑live‑seed seeding rates are 2–3 kg ha⁻¹ for restoration plantings.
- Guidelines recommend using locally adapted seed sources to maintain genetic integrity and minimize ecological disturbance.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Achaeta geniculata E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 109 (1886)
Aira bulbosa Krock. Fl. Siles. 1: 131 (1787)
Aira cristata L. Sp. Pl. : 63 (1753)
Aira gracilis (Pers.) Trin. Fund. Agrost. 144. 1820 (1820)
Aira macrantha Ledeb. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 515 (1812)
Airochloa cristata Link Hort. Berol. 1: 127 (1827)
Airochloa gracilis Link Hort. Berol. 2: 276 (1833)
Airochloa parviflora Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. : 425 (1841)
Dactylis cristata M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 67 (1808)
Festuca cristata Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné (Villars) 1: 250. 1786 [Feb 1786]
Koeleria intermedia Tourlet Cat. Pl. Vasc. Indre-et-Loire : 572 (1908)
Koeleria albescens var. glabra DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 117. 1813
Koeleria albida Opiz Lotos 2: 229 (1852)
Koeleria alpigena Domin Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 201 (1906)
Koeleria alpigena var. mannagettae Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 132 1907
Koeleria ambigua Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 750 (1866)
Koeleria arctica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 211. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria arkansana Nutt. ex Scribn. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 9: 118. 1885 (1885)
Koeleria aschersoniana Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 66 1907
Koeleria australiensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 127 (1907)
Koeleria australiensis var. aristata Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 128 (1907)
Koeleria australiensis var. maxima Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 128 (1907)
Koeleria bitczenachica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 64: 988. 1979 (1979)
Koeleria britannica (Domin) Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 54: 200 (1962)
Koeleria britanica var. pontarlieri (Domin) Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 61: 172 1969
Koeleria calarashica M.G.Kalen. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 71: 91 (1986)
Koeleria californica (Domin) Beetle Phytologia 52(1): 14. 1982
Koeleria chakassica Reverd. Fl. Krasnoy. Kraya 2: 62. 1964 (1964)
Koeleria compacta Adam. Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 138 (1904)
Koeleria cristata f. amurensis (Domin) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur. : 95 (1979)
Koeleria cristata f. aristulata (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. aurea (Posp.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. contracta (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. depauperata (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. dominiana Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. festucoides (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. flaccida (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. grandiflora (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. includens (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. lanata (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. mandshurica (Domin) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur. : 95 (1979)
Koeleria cristata f. minutiflora (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. pubiculmis (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. scabriglumis (Podo.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. subglabra Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. subpubiculmis (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata f. subsetacea Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata subsp. chakassica (Reverd.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 71 (1970 publ. 1971)
Koeleria cristata subsp. gracilis (Pers.) H.Lindb. Finska Vetensk. Soc. Forh. 38(13): 8 1906
Koeleria cristata subsp. helvetica (Domin) Conert Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. , ed. 3, 1(3: 4): 267 (1987)
Koeleria cristata subsp. hirsutiflora (Domin) N.V.Vlassova Fl. Sibir. 2: 81 (1990)
Koeleria cristata subsp. krylovii (Reverd.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 71 (1970 publ. 1971)
Koeleria cristata subsp. macrantha (Ledeb.) Rothm. Excurs. Deutschl. 4: 34. 1963 (1963)
Koeleria cristata subsp. mongolica (Domin) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 71 (1970 publ. 1971)
Koeleria cristata subsp. pseudocristata (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata subsp. repens Freyn Oesterr. Bot. Z. 44: 394. 1894 (1894)
Koeleria cristata subsp. seminuda (Trautv.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 71 (1970 publ. 1971)
Koeleria cristata subsp. transiliensis (Reverd. ex Gamajun) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 71 (1970 publ. 1971)
Koeleria cristata var. albescens (DC.) Syme Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 11: 89 1873
Koeleria cristata var. amurensis (Domin) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 275 (1976)
Koeleria cristata var. argentea Westbury ex Litv. Spisok Rast. Gerb. Russk. Fl. Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 1: 52. 1898
Koeleria cristata var. avenacea (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata var. colorata Heuff. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 8: 228. 1858
Koeleria cristata var. desertorum Griseb. Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4: 402. 1852
Koeleria cristata var. elatior (Velen.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata var. elegantula (Domin) Beetle Phytologia 54: 3. 1983
Koeleria cristata var. geniculata (E.Fourn.) Beetle Phytologia 49(1): 39. 1981
Koeleria cristata var. glabra Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 630. 1881
Koeleria cristata var. gracillima (Honda) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur. : 95 (1979)
Koeleria cristata var. grandiflora Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 97 (1805)
Koeleria cristata var. gypsacea (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata var. intercedens (Dom.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria cristata var. longifolia Vasey ex Burtt Davy Fl. W. Calif. : 61 (1901)
Koeleria cristata var. macrantha (Ledeb.) Griseb. Fl. Ross. 4: 402. 1852
Koeleria cristata var. oregona Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 268. 1904
Koeleria cristata var. pilifera (Domin) Tzvelev Rast. Tsentral. Azii 4: 121. 1968
Koeleria cristata var. pinetorum Abrams Fl. Los Angeles : 46 (1904)
Koeleria cristata var. poiformis (Domin) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 275 (1976)
Koeleria cristata var. pseudocristata (Domin) P.C.Kuo & Z.L.Wu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(3): 132 (1987)
Koeleria cristata var. pubiculmis (Domin) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 275 (1976)
Koeleria cristata var. sabulosa (Reverd.) Tzvelev Rast. Tsentral. Azii 4: 121 1968
Koeleria cristata var. seminuda Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 138 (1877)
Koeleria cristata var. tenuifolia Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 575. 1884
Koeleria cristata var. tokiensis (Domin) Ohwi J. Jap. Bot. 17: 446. 1941
Koeleria csatoi Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 57: 186 (1965)
Koeleria dactyloides Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 140(5) (1831)
Koeleria elegantula Domin Biblioth. Bot. lxv. 272 (1907).
Koeleria fenzliana Schur Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 314 (1857)
Koeleria flexilis Janka Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 93 (1858)
Koeleria glaucovirens Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 273 (1904)
Koeleria gracilis Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 97 (1805)
Koeleria gracilis f. aristulata Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 181 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. aurea Podp. Fl. Oesterr. Küstenl. 1: 93 1897
Koeleria gracilis f. colorata Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 232 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis f. congesta Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 232 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis f. contracta Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 270 1904
Koeleria gracilis f. densevestita Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 223 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis f. festucoides Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 271 1904
Koeleria gracilis f. grandiflora Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 271 1904
Koeleria gracilis f. includens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 181 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. lanata Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 266 1904
Koeleria gracilis f. laxa Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 223 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis f. mandshurica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 209 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. scabriglumis Podp. Kvetena Moravy 6: 275 1926
Koeleria gracilis f. subpubiglumis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 181 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. washingtonensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 185 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. britannica Domin J. Bot. 43: 356. 1905 (1905)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. idahensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 175. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. macrura Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 238. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. nitida (Nutt.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 229. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. polyantha Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 225. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. pseudocristata (Domin) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 222. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. seminuda (Trautv.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 227. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis subsp. sibirica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 227. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. amurensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 195 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. arctica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 211. 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. arenicola Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 5: 282. 1906
Koeleria gracilis var. avenacea Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 191. 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. borbasii Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 269. 1904
Koeleria gracilis var. breviculmis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 236 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. britannica (Domin) C.E.Hubb. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 52: 81 1949
Koeleria gracilis var. californica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 233 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. californiensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 226 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. caudata Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 236 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. dasyclada Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 211 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. depauperata Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 269. 1904
Koeleria gracilis var. elatior Velen. Fl. Bulg. Suppl. 1: 295. 1898
Koeleria gracilis var. flaccida Domin Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 43 1903
Koeleria gracilis var. gracillima Honda Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo Sect. IV 2: 8. 1935
Koeleria gracilis var. gypsacea Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 266. 1904
Koeleria gracilis var. hirsutiflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 216 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. hummelii Norl. Fl. Mongol. Steppe 1: 90. 1949
Koeleria gracilis var. intercedens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 194. 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. latifrons Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 236 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. laxa Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 235 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. longifolia Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 224 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. minutiflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 200 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. missouriana Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 233 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. mukdenensis (Domin) Kitag. Lin. Fl. Manshur. 81. 1939
Koeleria gracilis var. munita Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 235 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. oregana Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 224 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. pilifera Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 217 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. pseudocristatoides Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 238 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. pseudonitida Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 224 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. pubiculmis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 216 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. rigidissima Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 208. 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. rohlenae Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 193. 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. rossica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 199. 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. sabulosa Reverd. Fl. Krasnoy. Kraya 2: 59. 1964
Koeleria gracilis var. sintenisii Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 65 1907
Koeleria gracilis var. sublanuginosa Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 234 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. subrepens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 235 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis var. tokiensis (Domin) Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 124. 1930
Koeleria helvetica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 226 (1907)
Koeleria idahensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 237 (1907)
Koeleria jankae (Domin) Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 57: 196 (1965)
Koeleria janoensis Petrov & Karav. Konsp. Fl. Yakut. 54. 1958 (1958)
Koeleria javorkae Ujhelyi Fragm. Bot. Mus. Hist.-Nat. Hung. 1: 47 (1961)
Koeleria krylovii Reverd. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1953(1-2): 12 (1953)
Koeleria kurdica Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 60: 91 (1968)
Koeleria kurdica var. bitczenachica Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 273 (1976)
Koeleria latifrons (Domin) Rydb. Brittonia 1: 84. 1931
Koeleria longifolia Nutt. ex Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 224 (1907)
Koeleria macrantha f. aristulata (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha f. lanata (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha f. longifolia (Burtt Davy) Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde Canad. J. Bot. 56: 193. 1978
Koeleria macrantha subsp. pseudocristata (Domin) Janch. ex Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 28: 106 (1993)
Koeleria macrantha var. arenicola (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 238 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. borbasli (Domin) Ghisa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. colorata (Heuff.) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. eminens (Csató) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. fenzliana (Schur) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 236 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. flaccida (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. pseudocristata (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria macrantha var. rohlenae (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 236 (1972)
Koeleria macrura Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 238 (1907)
Koeleria macrura f. biflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 238 1907
Koeleria macrura f. quadriflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 238 1907
Koeleria macrura f. triflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 238 1907
Koeleria mukdenensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 171 (1907)
Koeleria nitida Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 74 (1818)
Koeleria nitida var. arkansana Scribn. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 9: 118 (1885)
Koeleria nitida var. californica (Domin) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 233. 1907
Koeleria nyaradyi Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 62: 175 (1970)
Koeleria oregana Nutt. ex Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 272 (1904)
Koeleria pallida Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. : 173 (1840)
Koeleria parviflora Bertol. ex Schult. Mant. 2: 344 (1824)
Koeleria poiformis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 171 (1907)
Koeleria polyantha Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 225 (1907)
Koeleria pontarlieri Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 138 (1907)
Koeleria pseudocristata Domin Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 2 (1903)
Koeleria pseudocristata var. californica Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 264 (1904)
Koeleria pseudoglauca subsp. csatoi (Ujhelyi) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria pseudoglauca subsp. fenzliana (Schur) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria robinsoniana Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 172 (1907)
Koeleria robinsoniana var. australis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 172 (1907)
Koeleria sclerophylla P.A.Smirn. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 399 (1932)
Koeleria sclerophylla subsp. theodoriana Klokov Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 72 (1970 publ. 1971)
Koeleria seminuda Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 227 (1907)
Koeleria sibirica Domin Biblioth. Bot. lxv. 227 (1907).
Koeleria soongarica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 67 1907
Koeleria supraarenaria Domin ex Druce J. Bot. 43: 355 (1905)
Koeleria talievii Lavrenko Fl. RSS Ucr. 2: 215 (1940)
Koeleria taurica M.G.Kalen. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 71: 91 (1986)
Koeleria tenuipes (Domin) Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 57: 191 (1965)
Koeleria theodoriana Klokov Vizn. Rosl. RSS Ucr. 877 1950
Koeleria tokiensis Domin Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 5: 948 (1905)
Koeleria tokiensis subsp. mongolica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 130 (1907)
Koeleria transiliensis Reverd. ex Gamojun. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazakhsk. S.S.R. 2: 10 (1964)
Koeleria transsilvanica Schur Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 313 (1857)
Koeleria transsilvanica subsp. tenuipes (Schur) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Koeleria transsilvanica var. tenuipes Domin Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 259 1904
Koeleria velenovskyi Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 118 (1907)
Koeleria wolgensis P.A.Smirn. Sprygin. Rastitelny Pokrow Sredne-Wolshskogo Kraja : 60 (1931)
Koeleria yukonensis Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon : 19 (1942)
Melica gmelinii Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 104 (1789)
Melica hirsuta Koeler Descr. Gramin. : 144 (1802)
Poa aristata P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 174 (1812)
Poa cristata L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12 , 2: 94 (1767)
Poa nitida Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 182 (1791)
Koeleria cristata var. gracilis A.Gray Manual (Gray) 591. 1848
Koeleria cristata var. major Koch 1837
Koeleria cristata var. pubescens Vasey ex Jeps. Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 61. 1901
Koeleria gracilis var. mandshurica Domin
Koeleria glaucovirens var. jankae Domin
Koeleria mannagettae (Dom.) Ujhelyi Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 66: 118 (1974)
Koeleria alpigena subsp. mannagettae Domin
Koeleria gracilis f. aurea Posp.
Koeleria gracilis f. flaccida Domin
Koeleria elatior f. glabrescens Domin
Koeleria macrantha var. borbasii (Domin) Ghișa Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 237 (1972)
Koeleria eminens Csató
Koeleria britannica Domin ex Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 1905: 4 (2: 144). 1906
Koeleria gracilis f. pubescens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 65: 231. 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. filifolia Domin Biblioth. Bot. 65: 232. 1907
Koeleria gracilis subsp. transsilvanica (Schur) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 14: 239. 1907 (1907)
Koeleria gracilis f. biflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 65: 239. 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. quadriflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 65: 239, pl. 14, fig. 6. 1907
Koeleria gracilis f. triflora Domin Biblioth. Bot. 65: 239, pl. 14, fig. 7. 1907
Koeleria cristata subsp. pseudocristata (Domin) Domin Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 42 1903

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Language Common/alternative name
English prairie junegrass
English june grass
English crested hair-grass
Arabic خويفيرة كبيرة الزهر
Belarusian Танканог тонкі
Bulgarian едроцветен тънконог
Czech smělek štíhlý
Welsh cribwellt
German koeleria gracilis
German steppen-schillergras
German zierliches schillergras
Estonian sale haguhein
Finnish hentotoppo
French koelérie grêle
Croatian nježna smilica
Upper Sorbian Šwižna šěrawka
Hungarian nagyvirágú fényperje
mn Туяхан дааган сүүл
Dutch smal fakkelgras
nv tłʼoolétsʼózí
Swedish fin tofsäxing
Chinese 𫈰草
Chinese 洽草
Chinese [艹／洽]草
Chinese 艹／洽草
Chinese 溚草

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Koeleria macrantha subsp. macrantha Unknown
Koeleria macrantha subsp. transsilvanica (Schur) A.Nyár. Unknown Publ.

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Khabarovsk
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000877153
UNII 0N372UJ1T6
Canadensys 7737
USDA Plants KOMA
Tropicos 25517863
INPN 104644
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:406615-1
The Plant List kew-421574
Missouri Botanical Garden 285326
PFAF Koeleria macrantha
Open Tree Of Life 624555
NCBI Taxonomy 366481
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000460038
Nature Serve 2.142614
IPNI 406615-1
iNaturalist 57183
GBIF 2705914
Freebase /m/04g0h7c
WisFlora 3991
FEIS plants/graminoid/koemac
EPPO KOLMA
EOL 1115433
Elurikkus 5344
Calflora (Californian flora) 4539
USDA GRIN 314896
Wikipedia Koeleria_macrantha

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Leaf trait plasticity reveals interactive effects of temporally disjunct grazing and warming on plant communities Ronk A, Boldgiv B, Casper BB, Liancourt P Oecologia 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11062997
doi:10.1007/s00442-024-05540-z
PMID:38573499
Habitat suitability modelling of Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) in moist temperate forest Badrulislam, Khan KA, Khalil S, Hussain M, Saqib Z, Altaf J, Hadi R, Habiba U PLoS One 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10868740
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296921
PMID:38359051
Effect of grazing and climatic factors on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in grassland ecosystems - a case study of typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China Zhang Y, Wuriliga, Liu P, Fan R, Guo J, Liu L, Ding Y Front Plant Sci 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10770857
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1297061
PMID:38186605
Plants under Siege: Investigating the Relevance of ‘Ca. P. solani’ Cixiid Vectors through a Multi-Test Study Kosovac A, Rekanović E, Ćurčić Ž, Stepanović J, Duduk B Plants (Basel) 14-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10748216
doi:10.3390/plants12244157
PMID:38140484
A 6-yr evaluation of prescribed-fire timing on yearling cattle growth performance and plant community dynamics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills Duncan ZM, Tajchman AJ, Lemmon J, Hollenbeck WR, Blasi DA, Fick WH, Olson KC Transl Anim Sci 18-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10699836
doi:10.1093/tas/txad129
PMID:38075937
Are Plant–Soil Feedbacks Caused by Many Weak Microbial Interactions? Aaronson JK, Kulmatiski A, Forero LE, Grenzer J, Norton JM Biology (Basel) 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10669423
doi:10.3390/biology12111374
PMID:37997973
Relationship between Species Diversity and Community Stability in Degraded Alpine Meadows during Bare Patch Succession She Y, Li X, Li C, Yang P, Song Z, Zhang J Plants (Basel) 15-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610337
doi:10.3390/plants12203582
PMID:37896045
An annotated nomenclatural checklist of endemic vascular plants distributed in the Ukrainian Carpathians Novikov A Biodivers Data J 11-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10848708
doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e103921
PMID:38327305
Detecting ecological traps in human‐altered landscapes: A case study of the thick‐billed longspur nesting in croplands Swicegood AE, Ellison KS, Sather M, Somershoe SG, McNew LB Ecol Evol 18-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10111173
doi:10.1002/ece3.9993
PMID:37082321
A realized facilitation cascade mediated by biological soil crusts in a sagebrush steppe community Ridenour WM, Lortie CJ, Callaway RM Sci Rep 23-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10036522
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31967-0
PMID:36959466
Grassland songbird abundance is influenced more strongly by individual types of disturbances than cumulative disturbances associated with natural gas extraction Davis SK, Kalyn Bogard HJ, Kirk DA, Moretto L, Brigham RM PLoS One 17-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10022753
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0283224
PMID:36930606
Impact of Landfill Gas Exposure on Vegetation in Engineered Landfill Biocover Systems Implemented to Minimize Fugitive Methane Emissions from Landfills Attalage DS, Hettiaratchi JP, Chu A, Pokhrel D, Jayasinghe PA Int J Environ Res Public Health 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10001856
doi:10.3390/ijerph20054448
PMID:36901459
Turfgrass Salinity Stress and Tolerance—A Review Liu H, Todd JL, Luo H Plants (Basel) 17-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9961807
doi:10.3390/plants12040925
PMID:36840273
Using precision tools to manage and evaluate the effects of mineral and protein/energy supplements fed to grazing beef heifers McCarthy KL, Underdahl SR, Undi M, Dahlen CR Transl Anim Sci 28-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9997776
doi:10.1093/tas/txad013
PMID:36911554
Feast or famine: How is global change affecting forage supply for Yellowstone's ungulate herds? Frank DA, Becklin KM, Penner JF, Lindsay KA, Geremia CJ Ecol Appl 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC10078388
doi:10.1002/eap.2735
PMID:36057540

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