Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Agrostis L.
BENTGRASS
Classification
POALES
Agrostis
Citation
AGROSTIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 61. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Agrostis canina Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Agrostis elliottiana ELLIOTT'S BENTGRASS Native FACU (NWPL)
Agrostis hyemalis TICKLEGRASS; SPRING BENTGRASS Native FAC (NWPL)
Agrostis perennans AUTUMN BENTGRASS Native FACU (NWPL)
Agrostis scabra TICKLEGRASS Native FAC (NWPL)
Agrostis stolonifera REDTOP Not Native FAC (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
[Family identification key]
1.  Stoloniferous; palea 0.7-1.4 mm long
1.  Cespitose; palea absent or to 0.2 mm long
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2.  Lemma usually with a subapical flexuous awn 3-10 mm long; callus hairs to 0.6 mm long, dense; anther 1
2.  Lemma unawned or with a straight or geniculate awn to 3 mm long arising from near the middle of the lemma; anthers 3
3
3.  Leaf blades 2-5 mm wide, flat; pedicels to 7.3 mm long; lemmas 1.3-2.2 mm long; callus hairs abundant, to 0.3 mm long; flowering Sep-Oct
3.  Leaf blades 0.5-2 mm wide, usually involute; pedicels to 9.6 mm long; lemmas 0.8-2 mm long; callus hairs sparse, to 0.2 mm long; flowering Mar-Sep
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4.  Pedicels to 3.5 mm long, spikelets appearing clustered; lemmas 0.8-1.2 mm long, exceeding the ripe caryopses by no more than 0.2 mm; anthers 0.2-0.5 mm long; flowering Apr-Jul
4.  Pedicels to 9.6 mm long, spikelets not appearing clustered; lemmas 1.4-2 mm long, exceeding the ripe caryopses by 0.3+ mm; anthers 0.4-0.8 mm long; flowering Mar-Sep
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Agraulus Agraulus Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 5, 146, pl. 4(7). 1812. TYPE: Agraulus caninus (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois (Agrostis canina Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 127. 1920. = Agrostis Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Agrestis Agrestis Bubani, Fl. Pyrenaea 4: 281. 1901. TYPE: = Agrostis Linnaeus 1753. Proposed as a substitute name for Agrostis Linnaeus.
Anomalotis Anomalotis Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 198. 1854. TYPE: Anomalotis quinqueseta Steudel
Decandolia Decandolia Bastard, Essai Fl. Maine et Loire 15, 28. 1809. TYPE: Decandolia stolonifera (Linnaeus) Bastard (Agrostis stolonifera Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 515. 1937.
Neoschischkinia Neoschischkinia Tzvelev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 309. 1968. TYPE: Neoschischkinia elegans (Thore) Tzvelev (Agrostis elegans Thore)
Notonema Notonema Rafinesque, Neogenyton 4. 1825. TYPE: Agrostis arachnoides Elliott
Pentatherum Pentatherum Nábelek, Spisy Prir. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 111: 8. 1929. TYPE: Pentatherum olympicum (Boissier) Nábelek (Calamagrostis olympica Boissier)
Senisetum Senisetum Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 371. 1932. TYPE: Senisetum hideoi (Ohwi) Honda (Agrostis hideoi Ohwi)
Trichodium Trichodium Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 41. 1803. TYPE: Trichodium laxiflorum Michaux, nom. illegit. (Cornucopiae hyemalis Walter) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 127. 1920.
Vilfa Vilfa Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 495, 618. 1763. TYPE: = Agrostis Linnaeus 1753.