Summary
Place of publication:
Pl. eur. 1:59. 1890
Verified:
06/13/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
bristle grass – northern oat grass – spike trisetum – Japanese Rōmaji
rishiri-kanitsuri – Swedish
fjällhavre – Transcribed Chinese
sui san mao –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia | Ciscaucasia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hebei | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Heilongjiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jilin | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Liaoning | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Nei Mongol | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Ningxia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Qinghai | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xinjiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Hokkaido | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea, North | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Mongolia | Mongolia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Kamchatka | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Khabarovsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Magadan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Sakhalin | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tyumen | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yakutia-Sakha | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Tasmania | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Iceland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Newfoundland | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Quebec | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Yukon Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Greenland | | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Chubut | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Cordoba | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Neuquen | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Rio Negro | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Cruz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Tierra del Fuego | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | La Paz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Russian Federation [Dagestan]
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CHINA:
China [Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan]
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu], Korea, North, Taiwan
-
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
-
MONGOLIA:
Mongolia
-
RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Sakhalin]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Yakutia-Sakha, Krasnoyarsk, Tyumen]
-
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria]
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Switzerland, Germany
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Finland, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden
-
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Northern America
-
EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec]
-
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Minnesota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Durango, Nuevo Leon]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [North Carolina]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Dominican Republic
-
MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Chubut, Cordoba, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego], Chile
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [La Paz], Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Tucker, G. C. 1996. The genera of Pooideae (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 9:48. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40521.
Accessed 17 April 2026.