''Deschampsia elongata'' is a species of

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known by the common name slender hairgrass.

Distribution

It is native to western North America from

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to northern Mexico, and South America in

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. 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. The

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

is a thin row of V-shaped spikelets arranged parallel to and mostly flat against the stem.

References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileGrass Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
elongata Bunchgrasses of North America Native grasses of California Grasses of Mexico Grasses of the United States Grasses of Canada Flora of California Plants described in 1840 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Pooideae-stub