Plants Profile for Deschampsia cespitosa (tufted hairgrass)

General Information
Symbol:	DECE
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	AK N CAN I,N GL N L48 N SPM N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CO, Fort Collins. Usage Requirements.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 215. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
AICA6	Aira caespitosa L.
AICE	Aira cespitosa L., orth. var.
DEBO2	Deschampsia bottnica (Wahlenb.) Trin.
DECAG3	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. genuina (Rchb.) O.H. Volk, orth. var.
DECAG	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. glauca (C. Hartm.) C. Hartm., orth. var.
DECAO	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. orientalis Hultén, orth. var.
DECAP5	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. paramushirensis (Honda) Tzvelev, orth. var.
DECAP3	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. parviflora (Thuill.) K. Richt., orth. var.
DECAA4	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. abbei B. Boivin, orth. var.
DECAA3	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. alpicola (Rydb.) Á. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor, orth. var.
DECAA2	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. arctica Vasey, orth. var.
DECAG2	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. glauca (C. Hartm.) C. Hartm., non Regel, orth. var.
DECAI4	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. intercotidalis B. Boivin, orth. var.
DECAL2	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. littoralis (Gaudin) K. Richt., orth. var.
DECAL	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. longiflora Beal, orth. var.
DECAM3	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. mackenzieana (Raup) B. Boivin, orth. var.
DECAM2	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. maritima Vasey, orth. var.
DECAP4	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. parviflora (Thuill.) Coss. & Germ., orth. var.
DECA18	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv., orth. var.
DECEB5	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. bottnica (Wahlenb.) Tzvelev
DECEC2	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. cespitosa
DECEG3	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. genuina (Rchb.) O.H. Volk
DECEG2	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. glauca (C. Hartm.) C. Hartm.
DECEO2	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. obensis (Rosh.) Tzvelev
DECEO	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. orientalis Hultén
DECEP2	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. paramushirensis (Honda) Tzvelev
DECEP3	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. parviflora (Thuill.) K. Richt.
DECEA4	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. abbei B. Boivin
DECEA	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. alpicola (Rydb.) Á. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor
DECEA3	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. arctica Vasey
DECEB6	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. bottnica (Wahlenb.) Vasey
DECEG	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. glauca (C. Hartm.) C. Hartm., non Regel
DECEI	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. intercotidalis B. Boivin
DECEL	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. littoralis (Gaudin) K. Richt.
DECEL2	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. longiflora Beal
DECEM2	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. mackenzieana (Raup) B. Boivin
DECEM	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. maritima Vasey
DECEP	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. parviflora (Thuill.) Coss. & Germ.
DEGL9	Deschampsia glauca C. Hartm.
DECEP4	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. var. pallida Gren. & Godr.
DEMA3	Deschampsia mackenzieana Raup
DEOB6	Deschampsia obensis Rosh.
DEPA11	Deschampsia paramushirensis Honda
DEPU3	Deschampsia pumila (Ledeb.) Ostenf.
DESU2	Deschampsia sukatschewii (Popl.) Rosh.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Deschampsia P. Beauv. – hairgrass
Species	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. – tufted hairgrass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Connecticut Deschampsia caespitosa tufted hairgrass Special Concern
Indiana tufted hairgrass Rare
Kentucky Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca tufted hair grass Endangered
Maryland tufted hairgrass Endangered
Massachusetts Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca tufted hairgrass Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

DECA18 Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv., orth. var.

North America
Alaska	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Midwest	FACW
Arid West	FACW
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Great Plains	FACW