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Alpine Timothy
Phleum alpinum
Phleum alpinum is a species of grass known by the common names alpine cat's-tail, alpine timothy and mountain timothy.
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Description
Phleum alpinum is a perennial bunchgrass forming loose clumps 20 to 60 centimetres (7.9 to 23.6 in) tall. The inflorescence is a cylindrical to oval mass of spikelets up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long and 1.2 cm (0.47 in) wide.
Range & habitat
Phleum alpinum has a circumboreal distribution, inhabiting northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, as well as extending down through the Americas to southern South America. It can be found on islands in the subantarctic region such as South Georgia Island, on which it is one of the most common plant species.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 78540.