Introductory
SPECIES: Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass 



ABBREVIATION : 
DESCES

SYNONYMS : 
   Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) Beauv. [36,49,90]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   DECE
   DECEA2
   DECEB
   DECEB2
   DECEB3
   DECEC
   DECEG2
   DECEH
   DECEO
   DECEP2
   DECEP3


COMMON NAMES : 
   tufted hairgrass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of tufted hairgrass is
Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv. [35,37,48,50,100].  It is in the
family Poaceae.

Currently accepted infrataxa are as follows [55]:

D. c. ssp. alpina (L.) Tzvelev  (alpine tufted hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. beringensis (Hulten) W. E. Lawrence  (Bering's tufted hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. bottonia (Wahl.) Vasey  (tufted hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. brevifolia (R. Br.) Tzvelev  (Bering hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. cespitosa (L.) Beauv.  (tufted hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. glauca (Hartman) Hartman  (tufted hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. holciformis (J. Presl) W. E. Lawrence  (Pacific hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. orientalis Hulten  (oriental hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. paramushirensis (Honda) Tzvelev  (tufted hairgrass)
D. c. ssp. parviflora (Thuill.) Jarmolenko & Soo  (tufted hairgrass)


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
The South Dakota Natural Heritage Program has listed tufted hairgrass as
rare in South Dakota.  It is known from a few sites in the Black Hills,
which are considered to be the edge of its natural range [51].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Roberta A. Walsh, September 1995


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Walsh, Roberta A. 1995. Deschampsia cespitosa. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass