Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
Crested wheatgrass, crested wheat grass
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8/28/2014 · High Road to Taos, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm) 
8/28/2014 · Eagle Nest Lake, Eagle Nest, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Agropyron | From the Greek agros, “a field, country,” and pyron, “grain, wheat” |
| Species | cristatum | Crested or comb-like |
Agropyron cristatum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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