Deschampsia cespitosa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv.

California hairgrass, Tufted hair grass, Tufted hairgrass

2011 Margo Bors

2008 Keir Morse

2012 Jake Ruygt

2012 Vernon Smith

Deschampsia cespitosa is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1288 records) Plant Characteristics

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Photos from Calflora / CalPhotos


Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. beringensis ... ssp. cespitosa ... ssp. holciformis
Genus:	Deschampsia
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: meadows, coastal, salt-marsh, freshwater-marsh

Communities: Coastal Salt Marsh, Freshwater Wetlands, Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Coastal Prairie, Alpine Fell-fields, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Aira caespitosa
PLANTS	Aira cespitosa
PLANTS	Deschampsia bottnica
PLANTS	Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. genuina
PLANTS	Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. glauca
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More information about Deschampsia cespitosa


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DECE) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
California's Coastal Prairies: Grasses. Sonoma State University (contributed by Ralph Gibson) photos / record / common / links null:!null:!null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/28/2022).