Anthoxanthum hirtum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Anthoxanthum hirtum (Schrank) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp subsp. arcticum (J. Presl) G. Tucker image

Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann

	Botanical Illustration	Botanical Illlustration	Kurt Stüber	Christopher Noll	Christopher Noll
	Steve C. Garske	Steve C. Garske	Steve C. Garske

Family Poaceae
Anthoxanthum hirtum (Schrank) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp subsp. arcticum (J. Presl) G. Tucker
northern sweet grass, vanilla grass
Anthoxanthum: from Greek for "flower" and "yellow"
hirtum: hairy

County distribution map- click for detailed distribution maps.

Detailed Distribution:
Town Range Maps
Google Dot Maps

Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial grass
(Glossary)

More Information	Natural Communities	Herbarium Specimens
All Anthoxanthum list	Ethnobotany Information	Google- Images or Text

Flora of North America (off site)

Drawing by Agnes Chase from Norman C. Fassett's Grasses of Wisconsin

Synonyms

Hierochloe arctica J.Presl
Hierochloe hirta (Schrank) Borbás subsp. arctica (J.Presl) G.Weim.
Hierochloe odorata auct. non (L.) P.Beauv.

Home

Faculty

Botany News/Events

Projects

Book We Recommend

Historical Botanists

Other Links

Lichens (off site)

Tom Volk's Fungi (off site)

Taxonomy of Vascular Plants

Vascular Plants

Browse by	Identification Guides
Family	Wildflowers
Genus	Trees
Common Names	Shrubs
Search by	Vines
Names	Aquatic-Semi aquatic
Specimens	Ferns - Fern Allies
Blooming Times	Grasses, Sedges, or Rushes
County & Status	Other Resources
Town Range	Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
	WI Checklist & CofC Values

Bryophytes

Browse by:

Common Name

Genus

Search by:

County

Name

Permissions

Web Map