Biology:Deschampsia elongata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Deschampsia |
| Species: | D. elongata
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| Binomial name | |
| Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro
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Deschampsia elongata is a species of grass known by the common name slender hairgrass.[1]
Distribution
It is native to western North America from Alaska to Wyoming to northern Mexico, and South America in Chile . It grows at all elevations, often in moist areas.
Description
It is a perennial grass forming dense clumps sometimes exceeding a meter in height. Most of the leaves are located in a tuft about the base of the stems.[2] The inflorescence is a thin row of V-shaped spikelets arranged parallel to and mostly flat against the stem.[3]
Individual clump.
Flowering stems.
References
- ↑ "Slender Hairgrass". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715163911/http://oregongrassseed.com/seed/Ground-Cover-and-Erosion-Control-Seed/Slender-Hairgrass.html.
- ↑ "Slender Hairgrass_USDA NRCS_Plant Fact Sheet". http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_deel.pdf.
- ↑ "slender hairgrass_Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro". Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413111720/http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Deschampsia_elongata_BIO_DEEL.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5263750 entry
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