Agropyron


Agropyron is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America.
Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass.
; SpeciesAgropyron badamense - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, KazakhstanAgropyron bulbosum - IranAgropyron cimmericum - Ukraine, CrimeaAgropyron cristatum - Crested wheatgrass - Eurasia + North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Korea + Khabarovsk; naturalized in western + central North America Agropyron dasyanthum - UkraineAgropyron desertorum - Desert Wheatgrass - from Crimea + Caucasus to Mongolia + SiberiaAgropyron deweyi - TurkeyAgropyron fragile - Siberian wheatgrass - from Caucasus to Mongolia; naturalized in scattered locales in western United States + Canada Agropyron michnoi - Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Mongolia, Inner MongoliaAgropyron mongolicum - Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, XinjiangAgropyron × pilosiglume - European Russia Agropyron tanaiticum - Ukraine, European RussiaAgropyron thomsonii - Western HimalayasAgropyron tsukushiense ''Ohwi Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis
; formerly included
species now considered better suited in other genera: Crithopsis Elymus Kengyilia Leymus Thinopyrum Vulpia'' etc.