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PLANTS

Arrow-grass

Triglochin maritima

Plants
ToxicNativeHerbPerennialmai to septembre
Arrow-grass, photo 1 of 5
Arrow-grass, In flower
Arrow-grass, In fruit
6–45 cmLength

Toxic. Perennial herbaceous plant 6–45 cm long. Grows in marshes and on the coast. Flowers from May to September.

There are 660 observations of Arrow-grass in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord284
  2. Nord-du-Québec168
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent81
  4. Capitale-Nationale45
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean33
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine31
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches11
  8. Laurentides3
  9. Montérégie2
  10. Centre-du-Québec1
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1

Habitat

ConifersTaskoff
FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
ShorelineRudy_P
MountainAntoine Dervin

Similar species

Marsh arrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Goose tonguePlantago maritima
Common plantainPlantago major
Purple loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
American sloughgrassBeckmannia syzigachne
TOXIC
Field horsetailEquisetum arvense
Alpine bistortBistorta vivipara
Yellow indian-grassSorghastrum nutans
TOXIC
Mountain deathcamasAnticlea elegans
Alkali plantainPlantago eriopoda
Meadow foxtailAlopecurus pratensis