Definition of Agropyron cristatum

1. Noun. Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Agropyron Cristatum

Agriculture Department
Agriculture Secretary
Agrigento
Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimonia procera
Agrinio
Agrinion
Agriocharis
Agriocharis ocellata
Agrippa
Agrippina
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger
Agrobacterium tumifaciens
Agropyron
Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron intermedium
Agropyron pauciflorum
Agropyron repens
Agropyron smithii
Agropyron subsecundum
Agropyron trachycaulum
Agrostemma
Agrostemma githago
Agrostis
Agrostis alba
Agrostis canina
Agrostis nebulosa
Agrostis palustris
Aguaruna

Literary usage of Agropyron cristatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"Descriptors: agropyron-cristatum ... continuous, rotation and free choice superimposed on native range, crested wheatgrass (agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"Fig 2.—Progeny rows 9 IV. Agropyron in the grass nursery at the Bellefourche Experiment Farm, South Dakota. Fig. 1.— Rows of agropyron cristatum. Fig. 2. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... crested wheat and squirreltail grass (agropyron cristatum and Sitanion hystrix), and "rabbit brush" (Chrysothamnus ..."

4. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"... which is probably the most commonly planted exotic grass in western North America, agropyron cristatum, A. desertorum (crested wheatgrass). ..."

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