''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * '' Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan * '' Agropyron bulbosum'' - Iran * '' Agropyron cimmericum'' - Ukraine, Crimea * '' Agropyron cristatum'' - Crested wheatgrass - Eurasia + North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Korea +

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

; naturalized in western + central

(United States, Canada, northern Mexico) * '' Agropyron dasyanthum'' - Ukraine * '' Agropyron desertorum'' - Desert Wheatgrass - from Crimea + Caucasus to Mongolia + Siberia * '' Agropyron deweyi'' - Turkey * ''

Agropyron fragile ''Agropyron fragile'' (Siberian wheatgrass) is a species of plant in the family Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cere ...

'' - Siberian wheatgrass - from Caucasus to Mongolia; naturalized in scattered locales in western United States + Canada * ''

Agropyron michnoi ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * '' Agropyron badamense'' - Tajik ...

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Buryatiya Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

, Zabaykalsky Krai, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia * ''

Agropyron mongolicum ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * ''Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, ...

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Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi,

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

, Xinjiang * ''

Agropyron × pilosiglume ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * ''Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, ...

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European Russia European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть России, label=none) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the cou ...

* ''

Agropyron tanaiticum ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * ''Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, ...

'' - Ukraine,

* ''

Agropyron thomsonii ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * ''Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, ...

'' - Western Himalayas * ''

Agropyron tsukushiense ''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ; Species * ''Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, ...

'' (Honda) Ohwi Ohwi'' synonym ''Elymus tsukushiensis'' * ''Agropyron tsukushiense'' var. ''transiens'' (Hack.) Ohwi synonym ''Elymus tsukushiensis'' ; formerly included species now considered better suited in other genera: ''

Crithopsis ''Crithopsis'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to the Mediterranean and nearby areas. ;Species The only known species is ''Crithopsis delileana,'' native to Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Crete, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria ...

Elymus

Kengyilia ''Kengyilia'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of Yi Li Keng. ; Species * '' Kengyilia alatavica'' (Drobow) J.L.Yang, C.Yen & B.R.Baum - Gansu, Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan * '' Ke ...

Leymus Thinopyrum

Vulpia ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

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Palearctic flora Poaceae genera Pooideae {{Pooideae-stub

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