Species

Polypogon viridis

Etymology

viridis: From the Latin viridis 'green'

Common Name(s)

water bent

Authority

Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

POLVIR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1935

Origin

Mediterranean and N. Africa

This page last updated on 31 Mar 2010