Deschampsia
Genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deschampsia is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass[6] or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.[7][8]
Deschampsia | |
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Deschampsia flexuosa (left) Deschampsia cespitosa (right)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Subtribe: | Aristaveninae F.Albers & Butzin |
Genus: | Deschampsia P.Beauv.[2] |
Type species | |
Deschampsia cespitosa | |
Synonyms[5] | |
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The genus is named for French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765–1842).[7][9]
Deschampsia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera, including antler moth, the clay, clouded-bordered brindle, common wainscot, dark arches, dusky brocade, shoulder-striped wainscot, smoky wainscot and wall.
Deschampsia sometimes grow in boggy acidic formations, an example of which is the Portlethen Moss, Scotland. Deschampsia antarctica is the world's most southern monocot,[10][11] and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica.[12][13]
Some species, such as D. cespitosa and D. flexuosa, are grown as ornamental garden plants.