Agrostis castellana explained

Agrostis castellana, the highland bent, dryland bent or dryland browntop, is a species of cool-season grass in the family Poaceae.[1] [2] [3] It is native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean, has been widely introduced elsewhere, and is considered an invasive species in some locales.[4] [5] It is a hyperaccumulator of zinc and lead.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut. . . 2022 . plantnet.org . Pl@ntNet . 28 January 2022 . ... Highland Bentgrass .
  2. Web site: Agrostis castellana Highland Bent I . . 29 January 2013 . ukwildflowers.com . British Wild Flower . 28 January 2022 .
  3. Web site: Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reuter . . swbiodiversity.org . SEINet Portal Network . 28 January 2022 .
  4. 271894-2 . Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut. . 28 January 2022 .
  5. Web site: Agrostis castellana . . 19 November 2019 . Invasive Species Compendium . CAB International . 28 January 2022 .
  6. Book: Heavy Metals in Native Mediterranean Grassland Species Growing at Abandoned Mine Sites: Ecotoxicological Assessment and Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils . Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils . Soil Biology . 2015 . Gutiérrez-Ginés . Mª J. . Pastor . J. . Hernández . A. J. . 44 . 159–178 . 10.1007/978-3-319-14526-6_9 . 978-3-319-14525-9 .
  7. The role of phytochelatins in constitutive and adaptive heavy metal tolerances in hyperaccumulator and non-hyperaccumulator metallophytes . 2002 . Schat . H. . Llugany . M. . Vooijs . R. . Hartley-Whitaker . J. . Bleeker . P. M. . Journal of Experimental Botany . 53 . 379 . 2381–2392 . 10.1093/jxb/erf107 . 12432030 . free .

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