Deschampsia flexuosa

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Deschampsia

Perennials , densely tufted . Leaf blades mainly basal, linear to setaceous , flat, folded or rolled; ligule membranous. Inflorescence usually an open panicle, infrequently contracted or spikelike; branches and pedicels usually filiform . Spikelets oblong to gaping , shining, laterally compressed , florets 2-3(-5), disarticulating below each floret; rachilla pilose , extended beyond uppermost floret; glumes lanceolate to oblong, subequal , ± equaling spikelet, membranous, shining, keeled , lower glume 1-veined, upper glume 1-3-veined; floret callus small, pubescent to conspicuously bearded ; lemmas lanceolate to oblong, hyaline to shiny cartilaginous , back rounded , finely 4-veined (5th midvein extended into awn ), glabrous , awned from near base or in lower half, apex membranous, broad, 4-toothed or denticulately truncate ; awn straight or weakly geniculate , usually not exserted from spikelet; palea hyaline, subequal to lemma. Ovary glabrous. Caryopsis with solid endosperm.

About 40 species: temperate and cold regions of the world; three species in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Exposed mountain peaks, on stony soil and rocky slopes [2].

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,919 meters (0 to 6,296 feet).[3]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: No • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer • Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: None • Salinity Tolerance: None • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 4.8 • Maximum pH: 6.8 • Fertility Requirement: Low

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade. • Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 32 • Maximum Precipitation: 55 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): -38 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 80 • Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

A. kawakamii Hayata • Aira flexuosa L. • Aira flexuosa Linnaeus • Arundo flexuosa (L.) Clairv. • Avena flexuosa (L.) Mert. & Koch • Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer • Avenella flexuosa (L.) Parl. • Avenella flexuosa (Linnaeus) Drejer • Deschampsia kawakamii (Hayata) Honda • Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (L.) Schur • Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (Linnaeus) Schur. • Podionapus flexuosus (L.) Dulac

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Deschampsia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. alpina (Alpine Hair Grass) · D. beringensis (Bering Hair Grass) · D. brevifolia (Bering Hairgrass) · D. caespitosa (Mackenzie Hairgrass) · D. caespitosa caespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass) · D. caespitosa viviparia (Tufted Hair Grass) · D. caespitosa 'Bronzeschleier' (Bronze Veil Tufted Hair Grass) · D. caespitosa 'Goldgehaenge' (Gold Pendant Tufted Hair Grass) · D. caespitosa 'Schottland' (Tufted Hair Grass) · D. caespitosa 'Tautrager' (Tufted Hair Grass) · D. cespitosa alpina (Tufted Hairgrass) · D. cespitosa cespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass) · D. cespitosa parviflora (Tufted Hairgrass) · D. cespitosa subsp. alpina (Alpine Tufted Hairgrass) · D. cespitosa 'Northern Lights' (Tufted Hairgrass) · D. congestiformis (Montana Hairgrass) · D. danthonioides (Annual Hair Grass) · D. elongata (Slender Hair Grass) · D. flexuosa (Crinkled Hair Grass) · D. flexuosa var. flexuosa (Wavy Hairgrass) · D. flexuosa var. montana (Montana Wavy Hairgrass) · D. holciformis (Pacific Hair Grass) · D. nubigena (Alpine Hairgrass)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• "Deschampsia flexuosa". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 332. Published by Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Botany registration database by Danish botanists
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Plants
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-40595
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4395043
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133106-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 13562
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 40595
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA22090
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DEFL
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34827

Footnotes

1. Zhen-lan Wu & Sylvia M. Phillips "Deschampsia". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 316, 332. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Deschampsia flexuosa". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 332. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Mean = 225.830 meters (740.912 feet), Standard Deviation = 237.610 based on 19,190 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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