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Dupontia fisheri

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Dupontia is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The only known species is Dupontia fisheri, common name tundragrass.^[6] It is native to northern Canada (Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, + the 3 Arctic Territories), plus Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia (Asian + European).^[1]^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

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Dupontia is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.

Species

The only known species is Dupontia fisheri, common name tundragrass. It is native to northern Canada (Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, + the 3 Arctic Territories), plus Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia (Asian + European).

formerly included

Dupontia cooleyi – Graphephorum melicoides Dupontia × scleroclada – × Arctodupontia scleroclada