Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
(Tufted Hair-grass)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDeschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass)
GenusDeschampsia (a genus of hair-grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass) :
1: Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass)
31 Aug 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
post-flowering tussocks in winter-flooding woodland margin
Image 1: Base of plantImage 2: Plant - after seed has dropped

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gateley, P Deschampsia cespitosa: Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 110 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass)
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