Calflora Taxon Report
Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv.
California hairgrass, Tufted hair grass, Tufted hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Alternate Names and Sources:
Aira caespitosaPLANTS
Aira cespitosaPLANTS
Deschampsia bottnicaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. genuinaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. glaucaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. orientalisPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. paramushirensisPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. parvifloraPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. abbeiPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. alpicolaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. arcticaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. glaucaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. intercotidalisPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. littoralisPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. longifloraPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. mackenzieanaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. maritimaPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosa var. parvifloraPLANTS
Deschampsia caespitosaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. bottnicaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. genuinaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glaucaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. obensisPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. orientalisPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. paramushirensisPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. parvifloraPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. abbeiPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpicolaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. arcticaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. bottnicaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. glaucaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. intercotidalisPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. littoralisPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. longifloraPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. mackenzieanaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. maritimaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. pallidaPLANTS
Deschampsia cespitosa var. parvifloraPLANTS
Deschampsia glaucaPLANTS
Deschampsia mackenzieanaPLANTS
Deschampsia obensisPLANTS
Deschampsia paramushirensisPLANTS
Deschampsia pumilaPLANTS
Deschampsia sukatschewiiPLANTS
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Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Jepson eFlora section:
monocot
USDA PLANTS group:
Monocot

Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
meadows, coastal, salt-marsh, freshwater-marsh
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

California's Coastal Prairies: Grasses. Sonoma State University (link added by Ralph Gibson)

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