Deschampsia elongata

Deschampsia elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Deschampsia
Species:
D. elongata
Binomial name
Deschampsia elongata
(Hook.) Munro

Deschampsia elongata is a species of grass known by the common name slender hairgrass.[1]

Distribution

It is native to western North America from Alaska to Wyoming to northern Mexico, and South America in Chile. It grows at all elevations, often in moist areas.

Description

It is a perennial grass forming dense clumps sometimes exceeding a meter in height. Most of the leaves are located in a tuft about the base of the stems.[2] The inflorescence is a thin row of V-shaped spikelets arranged parallel to and mostly flat against the stem.[3]

  • Individual clump.
    Individual clump.
  • Flowering stems.
    Flowering stems.

References

  1. ^ "Slender Hairgrass". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Slender Hairgrass_USDA NRCS_Plant Fact Sheet" (PDF).
  3. ^ "slender hairgrass_Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016.

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