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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Deschampsia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia cespitosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-001:
Deschampsia caespitosa var. glauca
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia caespitosa var. caespitosa
COMMON NAME:
Tufted Hairgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_deca18_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_deca18_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deschampsia cespitosa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-34-001:
Deschampsia caespitosa var. glauca
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Deschampsia caespitosa var. caespitosa
443
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in thin soil of rock outcrops or barrens over calcareous, mafic, and ultramafic rocks (such as serpentinized olivine, amphibolite, limestone, and dolostone), seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Summer
FRUIT:
Summer
Grain red
Grain
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