NameThatPlant.net: Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Deschampsia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

In our area, D. cespitosa is at its southern limit and is a rare species limited to barrens and outcrops over mafic or ultramafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

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

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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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

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer

FRUIT:
Summer
Grain red
Grain

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Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p295?

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