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Hair Grass
Deschampsia
Deschampsia is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first

tufted hair grass
speciesDeschampsia cespitosa

annual hairgrass
speciesDeschampsia danthonioides

slender hairgrass
speciesDeschampsia elongata

Antarctic Hairgrass
speciesDeschampsia antarctica

Kalamaloa
speciesDeschampsia nubigena
Scribner's Grass
speciesDeschampsia bolanderi

Deschampsia ovata
speciesDeschampsia ovata

Alpine Hairgrass
speciesDeschampsia alpina

Deschampsia chrysantha
speciesDeschampsia chrysantha

Shortleaf Hairgrass
speciesDeschampsia brevifolia

Deschampsia media
speciesDeschampsia media

Deschampsia eminens
speciesDeschampsia eminens

Deschampsia chapmanii
speciesDeschampsia chapmanii

Deschampsia argentea
speciesDeschampsia argentea
Bog Hair-grass
speciesDeschampsia setacea

Dwarf hair-grass
speciesDeschampsia parvula
Deschampsia tenella
speciesDeschampsia tenella

Deschampsia gracillima
speciesDeschampsia gracillima

Deschampsia pusilla
speciesDeschampsia pusilla
Deschampsia angusta
speciesDeschampsia angusta
Deschampsia ampliflora
speciesDeschampsia ampliflora

Deschampsia christophersenii
speciesDeschampsia christophersenii
Deschampsia kingii
speciesDeschampsia kingii

Deschampsia koelerioides
speciesDeschampsia koelerioides

Deschampsia atropurpurea
speciesDeschampsia atropurpurea

Deschampsia robusta
speciesDeschampsia robusta
Deschampsia aurea
speciesDeschampsia aurea

Deschampsia cespitosa × chapmanii
hybridDeschampsia cespitosa × chapmanii
Deschampsia liebmanniana
speciesDeschampsia liebmanniana
Deschampsia wacei
speciesDeschampsia wacei
Deschampsia mejlandii
speciesDeschampsia mejlandii
Deschampsia mendocina
speciesDeschampsia mendocina
Deschampsia domingensis
speciesDeschampsia domingensis
Deschampsia mildbraedii
speciesDeschampsia mildbraedii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52723.