Deschampsia elongata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Deschampsia |
Species: | D. elongata
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Binomial name | |
Deschampsia elongata (
Hook.) Munro
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Deschampsia elongata is a species of grass known by the common name slender hairgrass. [1]
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.
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]
Data related to Deschampsia elongata at Wikispecies
Deschampsia elongata | |
---|---|
Scientific 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]
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.
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]
Data related to Deschampsia elongata at Wikispecies