Deschampsia setacea

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

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]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,641 meters (0 to 15,226 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

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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Further Reading

• A new British flora: British wild flowers in their natural haunts / described by A. R. Horwood; with sixty-four plates in colour representing 350 different plants, from drawings by J. N. Fitch and many illustrations from photographs. London: Gresham, 1919. url p. 152.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 114.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 119, p. 255, p. 94, p. 95.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. London: Published for the International Council by the Royal Society of London, 1902-1919. url p. 781.
• List of rare, threatened and endemic plants in Europe (1982 edition) Council of Europe url p. 119, p. 177, p. 186, p. 193, p. 199, p. 201, p. 227, p. 242, p. 244, p. 246, p. 277, p. 297, p. 301, p. 47.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 305.
• Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (TL2) Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1976-1988. url p. 391, p. 464.
• The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. url p. 131, p. 228, p. 237, p. 50.
• The botanic gardens list of rare and threatened species IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 21.
• The naturalist. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865- url p. 30.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:

• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien: Observations du Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien.
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain: Herbario de la Universidad de Salamanca: SALA
• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
• GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Extremadura, UNEX
• GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
• GBIF-Sweden: Plants (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo (O)
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo (O)
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular plant data for Scottish Vice-counties (VCs 80, 84, 103 & 104)
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10751995
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398055-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 647533

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. Mean = 165.460 meters (542.848 feet), Standard Deviation = 304.270 based on 74,144 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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