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Plant Allergy Overview
Allergenicity
Severe
Pollen Season
Spring Summer
Type
Grass
Sub-Type
Perennial
Allergy Information
This is one of the more significant grass types in terms of allergy.
Genus Details
This grass is perennial and has flat, smooth thin blades. It tolerates shade well and grows in prairie slopes and woodland margins.
Pollen Description
Grains are spheroidal to ovoidal, sometimes elliptical. The exine is thin and the surface is granular to finely reticuloid. Poaceae apertures are 1-porate, with the pores usually circular to ovoidal.
Grains are 22-122 micrometers in diameter.
Genus Distribution
The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States.
- Native, observed in a county - Introduced, observed in a county - Rarely observedSpecies in Fescue Genus
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