''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 91
descriptions in Latin, etymology explained in French The genus is named for French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765–1842). ''Deschampsia'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of

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, including antler moth, the clay,

clouded-bordered brindle ''Apamea crenata'', known as the clouded-bordered brindle, is a moth in the Family (biology), family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic realm. In the North it crosses the Arctic Circle, in the Mediterranean it is found only in ...

common wainscot ''Mythimna pallens'', the common wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae distributed throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland in the west, through Europe (all of Russia) to Central Asia and Amur river, Amur to the Kuriles in the east. The ...

dark arches ''Apamea monoglypha'', the dark arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is a common, sometimes abundant, European species. It is found in most of Europe except northe ...

dusky brocade ''Apamea remissa'', the dusky brocade, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe and Turkey, ranging across the Palearctic realm to Siberia, Manchuria and Japan. It has also been reported from Alaska.Konon ...

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, smoky wainscot and wall. ''Deschampsia'' sometimes grow in boggy acidic formations, an example of which is the

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Deschampsia antarctica ''Deschampsia antarctica'', the Antarctic hair grass, is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being ''Colobanthus quitensis'' (Antarctic pearlwort). They mainly occur on the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands ...

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monocot, and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica. Some species, such as ''D. cespitosa'' and ''D. flexuosa'', are grown as ornamental garden plants.

Species

* '' Deschampsia airiformis'' (Steud.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. – Chile, Argentina * '' Deschampsia angusta'' Stapf & C.E.Hubb. – Zaire, Kenya, Uganda * ''

'' E.Desv. – Chile, Argentina, Antarctica, Falkland Islands,

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, Heard-McDonald Islands,

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Deschampsia argentea ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

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Deschampsia atropurpurea ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * ''

Deschampsia baicalensis ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

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Deschampsia berteroniana ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * ''

Deschampsia bottnica ''Deschampsia cespitosa'', commonly known as tufted hairgrass or tussock grass, is a perennial tufted plant in the grass family Poaceae. Distribution of this species is widespread including the eastern and western coasts of North America, parts o ...

'' (Wahlenb.) Trin. –

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(part of Finland) * '' Deschampsia cespitosa'' (L.) P.Beauv. – temperate, subarctic, and alpine regions in North America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, various islands * '' Deschampsia chapmanii'' Petrie – New Zealand incl

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* '' Deschampsia christophersenii'' C.E.Hubb. – Tristan da Cunha * ''

Deschampsia cordillerarum ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * ''

Deschampsia danthonioides ''Deschampsia danthonioides'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common name annual hairgrass. It is native to western North America from the Yukon Territory and British Columbia, through California and the Western United States, to Baja ...

'' (Trin.) Munro – Annual hairgrass – Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, western USA, Mexico * ''

Deschampsia elongata ''Deschampsia elongata'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common name slender hairgrass. Distribution It is native to western North America from Alaska to Wyoming to northern Mexico, and South America in Chile. It grows at all elevati ...

'' (Hook.) Munro – Chile, Argentina, United States including Alaska, Canada, Mexico * '' Deschampsia flexuosa'' (L.) Trin – Eurasia, alpine areas in Africa; northern North America, southern South America, Falkland Islands * ''

Deschampsia foliosa ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Azores * '' Deschampsia gracillima'' Kirk New Zealand including

, Tasmania * ''

Deschampsia kingii ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * '' Deschampsia klossii'' Ridl. –

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, New Guinea * ''

Deschampsia koelerioides ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Siberia, Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan * ''

Deschampsia laxa ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * ''

Deschampsia leskovii ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.European Russia European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть России, label=none) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the cou ...

* '' Deschampsia liebmanniana'' (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. – Mexico * ''

Deschampsia ligulata ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Borneo * '' Deschampsia looseriana'' Parodi – Chile * ''

Deschampsia maderensis ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

'' (Hack. & Bornm.) Buschm. –

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Deschampsia media ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

'' (Gouan) Roem. & Schult. – central and southern Europe, Morocco, Caucasus * ''

Deschampsia mejlandii ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

'' C.E.Hubb. – Tristan da Cunha * ''

Deschampsia mendocina ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Argentina * †''

Deschampsia mexicana ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Deschampsia mildbraedii ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Cameroon * '' Deschampsia nubigena'' Hillebr. – Hawaii * ''

Deschampsia parvula ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

'' (Hook.f.) É.Desv. – Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Anvers Island * ''

Deschampsia patula ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * ''

Deschampsia pusilla ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

'' Petrie – New Zealand South Island * ''

Deschampsia robusta ''Deschampsia robusta'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found on Gough Island, near Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. References robusta ROBUSTA (Radiation on Bipolar for University Satellite Test Applicatio ...

'' C.E.Hubb. – Tristan da Cunha * ''

Deschampsia setacea ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Deschampsia tenella ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.

'' Petrie – New Zealand * ''

Deschampsia venustula ''Deschampsia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. The genus is widespread across many countries.Chile, Argentina * '' Deschampsia wacei'' C.E.Hubb.- Tristan da Cunha

Formerly included

''Deschampsia'' formerly included many species now placed in other genera, such as ''

Aira ''Aira'' is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family, native to western and southern Europe, central and southwest Asia, plus Africa. The common name, shared with the similar related genera ''Deschampsia'' and ''Koeleria'', is hair-grass ...

'', '' Antinoria'', '' Bromus'', '' Calamagrostis'', '' Centropodia'', '' Colpodium'', ''

Dissanthelium ''Dissanthelium'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America. The only species native to the United States, ''D. californicum,'' was thought to be extinct until a sin ...

'', ''

Holcus ''Holcus'' (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family. ''Holcus'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including '' Coleophora lixella'' ...

'', '' Periballia'', '' Peyritschia'', ''

Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), a ...

'', ''

Trisetum ''Trisetum'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biologica ...

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Vahlodea ''Vahlodea'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The only known species is ''Vahlodea atropurpurea'' Its native range is the subarctic (such as Greenland), to temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. From (Europe wit ...

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References

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