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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia cespitosa   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. caespitosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-001:

Deschampsia caespitosa var. glauca   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Deschampsia caespitosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aira caespitosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Tufted Hairgrass


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image of Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca, Tufted Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_deca18_001_lvd

        

image of Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca, Tufted Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_deca18_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia cespitosa   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. caespitosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-001:
Deschampsia caespitosa var. glauca   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia caespitosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aira caespitosa

 

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443

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Thin soil of rock outcrops or barrens over calcareous, mafic, and ultramafic rocks (such as serpentine, amphibolite, limestone, and dolostone), seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer

FRUIT:
Summer
Grain red
Grain

 

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