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Polypogon viridis

Coromandel harbour, Jan.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Dec 2008.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Nov 2008.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Nov 2007.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui railyard.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 02/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

water bent

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1935

Origin

Mediterranean and N. Africa

Other information

Etymology

viridis: From the Latin viridis ‘green’

NVS code

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