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Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 502001

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
		Aira cespitosa L.
		Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. genuina (Reichenb.) Volk.
		Aira caespitosa Muhl.
		Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. genuina (Reichenb.) Volk.
		Agrostis caespitosa (L.) Salisb.
		Aira alpicola (Rydb.) Rydb.
		Aira ambigua Michx.
		Aira aristulata Torr.
		Avena caespitosa (L.) Kuntze
		Campella caespitosa (L.) Link
		Deschampsia alpicola Rydb.
		Deschampsia ambigua P. Beauv. ex B.D. Jacks.
		Deschampsia andina Phil.
		Deschampsia biebersteiniana Schult.
		Deschampsia confinis (Vasey ex Beal) Rydb.
		Deschampsia pungens Rydb.
		Podionapus caespitosus (L.) Dulac
		Deschampsia cespitosa var. confinis Vasey ex Beal
		Deschampsia cespitosa var. strictior Kurtz
	Common Name(s):	tufted hairgrass

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phan�rogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotyl�dones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, gramin�es
	Genus	Deschampsia P. Beauv. – hairgrass
	Species	Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. – tufted hairgrass
		Direct Children:
	Variety	Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpina Schur
	Variety	Deschampsia cespitosa var. mackenzieana (Raup) B. Boivin
	Variety	Deschampsia cespitosa var. pulchra (Nees & Meyen) Nicora
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. beringensis (Hult�n) W.E. Lawr. – Bering's tufted hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. borealis (Trautv.) �. L�ve & D. L�ve
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. bottnica (Wahlenb.) Tzvelev – tufted hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. – tufted hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca (Hartm.) Hartm. – tufted hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. holciformis (J. Presl) W.E. Lawr. – Pacific hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. orientalis Hult�n – oriental hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. paludosa (Sch�bl. & G. Martens) G.C.S. Clarke
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. parviflora (Thuill.) K. Richt. – tufted hairgrass
	Subspecies	Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. rhenana (Gremli) Kergu�len

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Mark W. Skinner
	Notes:	USDA-NRCS, National Plant Data Center
	Reference for:	Deschampsia cespitosa

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
	Reference for:	Deschampsia cespitosa

	Source:	Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
	Reference for:	Deschampsia cespitosa

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Deschampsia cespitosa

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Deschampsia cespitosa

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Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	North America
		South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Alaska, Native
		Canada, Native
		Continental US, Native

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