Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) BSP. WINTER BENTGRASS. (As A. scabra)
"near DeVeaux College," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System (as A.
scabra), Cameron (1895). "... known to occur in the Parks,"
Hamilton (1943).
Ontario: Queen Victoria
Park, Cameron (NFO).
Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. UPLAND BENT, AUTUMN BENTGRASS, THIN
GRASS. "Lewiston," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron
(1895). "Ontario: gorge of River at Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934).
"... known to occur in the Parks," Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Crest of the Niagara Gorge. Along path beyond Whirlpool, Zenkert Sept. 10, 1927
(BUF). Ontario: Queen Victoria Park, Cameron (NFO); Navy
Island 43*o3'N, 79*01'W, just south of Niagara Falls, Quercus rubra, Q.
palustris, Carya ovata, C. laciniosa woods. West and S side of the island. Dry
woods above beach.P. M. Eckel s.n. Sept. 30, 1998 (BUF).
var. aestivalis Vasey fo. atherophora
Fern.
Ontario: Brock's Monument, Hamilton, July 3,
1942 (NFO).
*Agrostis stolonifera L.
var. *compacta
Hartm. CREEPING BENT. New York: old train bed in the gorge, below Lower Arch
Bridge , disturbed soils, with Setaria glauca, Aster ericoides, A. simplex,
A. novae-angliae Eckel &
Zander 982585 (BUF); open, seepy area, crest of gorge just S of Lewiston,
Eckel, June 17, 1988 (BUF); dolomite flats above the Horseshoe Falls, Goat
Island, Eckel & Zander, July 18, 1988 (BUF).
var. *major (Gaud.) Farw. REDTOP. (As A.
alba) "Grassy places. Goat Island and elsewhere," Day (1888).
(As A. alba) "... known to occur in the Parks," Hamilton
(1943). Ontario, Niagara Park System (as A. alba) WHITE BENT
GRASS, Cameron (1895)
New York: Base
of Goat Island, Niagara River gorge, w-facing calcareous cliffs between
American and Canadian Falls; heavy seagull nesting colonies. Open, occasional
trees. P. M. Eckel s.n. July 30, 2001 (BUF); Buckhorn Island State Park, SW
part of park,W of I90, near path along Niagara River from West River Parkway to
Burntship Creek. young, or perhaps shade form.Eckel with R. Zander s.n. Oct. 1,
1997 (BUF). Ontario: Navy
Island, northwest and northern, river margins, top of embankment, west side,
Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF).
(As var.
stolonifera) New York, Village of Lewiston, Niagara River beach,
N of Artpark property; wet tufa-moss embankmentwith Solidago ohioensis, Lapsana
communis. P. M. Eckel Aug. 10, 2003 (BUF).
*Agrostis tenuis Sibth. RHODE ISLAND BENT, COLONIAL
BENTGRASS, REDTOP. (As Agrostis alba var. vulgaris Thurb.)
FIORIN-GRASS, "Margin of the River above the Falls on the American
side," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park (as A. vulgaris),
Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park System (as A. vulgaris), Cameron
(1895). "... known to occur in the Parks," Hamilton (1943).
Reported as a doubtful member of the Niagara Frontier
flora by Zander and Pierce (1979). ). It occurs in Ontario (Morton & Venn, 1990),
and Mitchell (1986) reported it for New York State as a naturalized species.
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