Arctophila (plant)

Pendant grass

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Arctophila Rupr. ex Andersson
Species:	A. fulva
Binomial name
*Arctophila fulva* (Trin.) Andersson
Synonyms
Poa sect. Arctophila Rupr. Poa fulva Trin. Glyceria fulva (Trin.) Fr. Colpodium fulvum (Trin.) Griseb. Graphephorum fulvum (Trin.) A.Gray Glyceria pendulina Laest. ex Wahlenb. Molinia pendulina (Laest. ex Wahlenb.) Hartm. Poa pendulina (Laest. ex Wahlenb.) J.Vahl Poa deflexa Rupr. Poa laestadii Rupr. Poa latiflora Rupr. Poa poecilantha Rupr. Poa remotiflora Rupr. Poa similis Rupr. Poa trichoclada Rupr. Colpodium pendulinum (Laest. ex Wahlenb.) Griseb. Colpodium pendulinum var. simile (Rupr.) Griseb. Graphephorum pendulinum (Laest. ex Wahlenb.) A.Gray Colpodium malmgrenii Andersson Colpodium mucronatum Beal Arctophila brizoides Greene Arctophila chrysantha Greene Arctophila effusa Lange Arctophila effusa f. depauperata Nath. Arctophila fulva f. aristata (Polunin) Scoggan Arctophila fulva subsp. pendulina (Laest.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Arctophila fulva subsp. similis (Rupr.) Tzvelev Arctophila gracilis Greene Arctophila laestadii Rupr. Arctophila latiflora Rupr. Arctophila mucronata Hack. ex Vasey Arctophila poecilantha Rupr. Arctophila remotiflora Rupr. Arctophila trichoclada Rupr. Arctophila trichopoda Holm

Arctophila is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family. The only known species is Arctophila fulva, commonly known as pendant grass, native to northern parts of Eurasia and North America (Russia, Finland, Sweden, Svalbard, Greenland, Alaska, Canada).