''Beckmannia eruciformis'', the European slough-grass or slough grass, is an annual or short lived perennial in the grass family,

Poaceae 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 an ...

, found in shallow marshes or

slough Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...

s, and used for animal fodder and forage.

Distribution

This species is native in

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through

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, and

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. It is one of only two species in the genus ''

Beckmannia ''Beckmannia'' is a small genus of grasses containing two species known generally as sloughgrass. '' Beckmannia eruciformis'' is a Eurasian perennial, and '' Beckmannia syzigachne'' is an annual grass found in North America and Asia. The genus ...

''; the other being ''

Beckmannia syzigachne ''Beckmannia syzigachne'', the American sloughgrass, or slough grass, is an annual or short-lived perennial bunchgrass in the grass family, Poaceae, found in shallow marshes or sloughs. ''Beckmannia syzigachne'' is widespread across much of Eur ...

''.

References

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