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Definition: Agropyron cristatum

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control.[Wordnet].

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Extended Definition: Agropyron cristatum


Agropyron cristatum

Agropyron cristatum

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Agropyron
Species: A. cristatum
Binomial name
Agropyron cristatum
(L.) Gaertn.

Agropyron cristatum (Crested wheat grass, Crested wheatgrass, Fairway crested wheat grass) is a species in the Poaceae family. This plant is often used as forage and erosion control.

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