Deschampsia flexuosa

Deschampsia flexuosa
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. flexuosa
Binomial name
Deschampsia flexuosa
(L.) Trin.
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Aira flexuosa L.
  • Arundo flexuosa (L.) Clairv.
  • Avena flexuosa (L.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
  • Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
  • Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (L.) Schur
  • Podionapus flexuosus (L.) Dulac
  • Salmasia flexuosa (L.) Bubani
  • Aira montana L.
  • Avena montana (L.) Weber
  • Aira caryophyllaea Leers
  • Aira arenaria F.W.Schmidtn.
  • Aira flexilis L. ex Giseke
  • Aira scabrosetacea Knapp
  • Aira versicolor Roem. & Schult.
  • Deschampsia alba Roem. & Schult.
  • Eriachne montana Steud.
  • Panicum rubigerum Steud.
  • Aira alpina Sobol. ex Rupr.
  • Avenella cuprina Schur
  • Aira vestita Steud.
  • Aira legei Boreau
  • Lerchenfeldia cuprina Schur
  • Aira euflexuosa Syme
  • Deschampsia stricta Hack.
  • Aira stricta (Hack.) Nyman
  • Aira collina (Dumort.) B.D.Jacks.
  • Deschampsia fuegina Phil.
  • Deschampsia martinii Phil.
  • Deschampsia tenella Phil.
  • Avena kawakamii Hayata
  • Deschampsia philippii Macloskie
  • Deschampsia ruwensorensis Chiov.
  • Deschampsia macloviana Gand.
  • Deschampsia montana (L.) Rouy
  • Deschampsia vestita (Steud.) Hauman & Parodi
  • Deschampsia kawakamii (Hayata) Honda
  • Deschampsia mairei Sennen
  • Lerchenfeldia vestita (Steud.) Tzvelev
  • Avenella stricta (Hack.) P.Silva
  • Lerchenfeldia montana (L.) A.P.Khokhr.
  • Avenella corsica (Tausch) Landolt

Deschampsia flexuosa, commonly known as wavy hair-grass, is a species of bunchgrass in the grass family widely distributed in Eurasia, Africa, South America, and North America.[1]

Description

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Wavy hair-grass, Deschampsia flexuosa, has wiry leaves and delicate, shaking panicles formed of silvery or purplish-brown flower heads on wavy, hair-like stalks. The leaves are bunched in tight tufts with plants forming a very tussocky, low sward 5 to 20 cm tall before flowering, to 30 cm high.

Distribution and habitat

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Deschampsia flexuosa is found naturally in dry grasslands and on moors and heaths.

It is also an important component of the ground flora of birch and oak woodland.[2]

The plant has a preference for acidic, free-draining soil, and avoids chalk and limestone areas. It can exist over 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ see British NVC community W11 (Quercus petraeaBetula pubescensOxalis acetosella woodland) and British NVC community W16 (Quercus spp.–Betula spp.–Deschampsia flexuosa woodland).
  3. ^ BSBI Description Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 1 December 2010.
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