Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted Hair-grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Deschampsia
Species:	D. cespitosa
Binomial name
	Deschampsia cespitosa; (L.) P.Beauv.

Tufted Hair-grass or Tussock grass (Deschampsia cespitosa or Deschampsia caespitosa^[1]) is a wild plant from the grass family (Poaceae).^[2] Distribution of this grass species is widespread including the eastern and western extermes of North America, parts of South America and Eurasia. Typical native grass associates in the far western North American coastal prairies are Festuca idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis and Nassella pulchra

References

Jepson Manual. 1993. Jepson Manual Treatment: Deschampsia caespitosa

Line notes

^ "Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. record n° 50145" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
^ Jepson Manual. 1993

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[afpd-1] "Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. record n° 50145" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

[2] Jepson Manual. 1993

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