Atlas of North European vascular plants
305 Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.
Syn.: K. cristata (L.) Pers. p. p., K. gracilis Pers.
This variable species occurs through Eurasia and in N. America. It belongs to the circumpolar plants (Hultén, Circumpol. I, p. 138 and map 129). It has been spread northwards in Europe and to C. and s. Africa, eastern N. America and New Zealand. Cf. also Meusel et al. 1965, map p. 46.