Deschampsia
Deschampsia cespitosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Deschampsia Beauvois

Deschampsia is a genus of wild plant in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. Tufted Hair-grass or Tussock grass ( Deschampsia cespitosa or Deschampsia caespitosa) is a wild plant from the grass family (Poaceae Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Poales is an order of Flowering plants in the Monocotyledons and includes families of plants such as the grasses, Bromeliads, Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot Baron de Beauvois 27 July 1752 Arras - 21 January 1820 Paris, was a A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Grass is the common word that generally describes Monocotyledonous green Plants The family Gramineae ( Poaceae) are the "true grasses" and include In Biological classification, family ( Latin Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. There are 30 to 40 species.

Deschampsia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Antler Moth, The Clay, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Common Wainscot, Dark Arches, Dusky Brocade, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Smoky Wainscot and Wall. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Antler Moth ( Cerapteryx graminis) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Clay ( Mythimna ferrago) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Clouded-bordered Brindle ( Apamea crenata) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Common Wainscot ( Mythimna pallens) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Dark Arches ( Apamea monoglypha) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Dusky Brocade ( Apamea remissa) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Shoulder-striped Wainscot ( Leucania comma) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Smoky Wainscot ( Mythimna impura) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Wall ( Lasiommata megera) also called Wall Brown is a Butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Deschampsia sometimes grow in boggy acidic formations, an example of which is the Portlethen Moss, Scotland. The Portlethen Moss is an Acidic bog Nature reserve in the coastal Grampian region in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Selected species

• Deschampsia alpina
• Deschampsia antarctica, The World's most southern monocot, and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica
• Deschampsia beringensis
• Deschampsia brevifolia
• Deschampsia cespitosa
• Deschampsia danthonioides
• Deschampsia elongata
• Deschampsia flexuosa
• Deschampsia holciformis
• Deschampsia mackenzieana
• Deschampsia media
• Deschampsia nubigena
• Deschampsia setacea
• Deschampsia sukatschewii

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Grass Manual Treatment

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