Spodiopogon sibiricus

Spodiopogon sibiricus
Spodiopogon sibiricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Spodiopogon
Species:	Spodiopogon sibiricus Trinius

Spodiopogon sibiricus is a species of perennial grass in the Poaceae family.

It is native to Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan.

Culms are solitary, erect, 70–200 cm in height, 2–4 mm in diameter, and unbranched.

Common names

• frost grass^[1][2]
• Siberian graybeard^[2]
• silverspike^[2]

References and external links

• efloras.org entry
• Fund. Agrost. 192. 1820.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions.
• Mankyu Pak. 1949. An enumeration of Korean plants.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
• Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta.
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.

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