''Deschampsia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...

e of some species of Lepidoptera, including antler moth, the clay, clouded-bordered brindle, common wainscot, dark arches,

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.Konone ...

shoulder-striped wainscot The shoulder-striped wainscot (''Leucania comma'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. Some authors place it in the genus '' Mythimna''. It is found throughout Europe and in Russia to the w ...

smoky wainscot ''Mythimna impura'', the smoky wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is distributed throughout most of the Palearctic realm from Ireland in the west of Europe east to the Caucas ...

and

wall A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including: * Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the su ...

. ''Deschampsia'' sometimes grow in

boggy A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...

acidic formations, an example of which is the

Portlethen Moss The Portlethen Moss is an acidic bog nature reserve located to the west of the town of Portlethen, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. Like other mosses, this wetland area supports a variety of plant and animal species, even though it has been subject to ...

, Scotland. ''

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 ...

'' is the world's most southern 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

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Deschampsia airiformis ''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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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

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Deschampsia angusta ''Deschampsia angusta'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitat is Alpine wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for yea ...

'' Stapf & C.E.Hubb. –

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...

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'' E.Desv. –

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South Georgia South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east ...

Crozet Islands The Crozet Islands (french: Îles Crozet; or, officially, ''Archipel Crozet'') are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic ...

, Heard-McDonald Islands,

Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a l ...

South Sandwich Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = , song = , image_map = South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in United Kingdom.svg , map_caption = Location of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Oce ...

* '' Deschampsia argentea'' Lowe –

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* '' Deschampsia atropurpurea'' (Wahlenb.) Scheele – northern Eurasia, North America,

* '' Deschampsia baicalensis'' Tzvelev – Irkutsk * '' Deschampsia berteroniana'' (Kunth) F.Meigen –

* '' Deschampsia bottnica'' (Wahlenb.) Trin. –

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(part of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

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Deschampsia cespitosa ''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 ...

'' (L.) P.Beauv. – temperate, subarctic, and alpine regions in North America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, various islands * '' Deschampsia chapmanii'' Petrie – New Zealand incl Antipodes, Macquarie Islands * '' Deschampsia christophersenii'' C.E.Hubb. –

Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately from Cape Town in South Africa, from Saint Helen ...

* '' Deschampsia cordillerarum'' Hauman –

* '' Deschampsia danthonioides'' (Trin.) Munro – Annual hairgrass –

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include ...

, western USA, Mexico * '' Deschampsia elongata'' (Hook.) Munro –

, United States including

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Deschampsia flexuosa ''Deschampsia flexuosa'', commonly known as wavy hair-grass, is a species of bunchgrass in the grass family widely distributed in Eurasia, Africa, South America, and North America. Description Wavy hair-grass, ''Deschampsia flexuosa'', has wi ...

'' (L.) Trin – Eurasia, alpine areas in Africa; northern North America, southern South America,

* '' Deschampsia foliosa'' Hack. –

* '' Deschampsia gracillima'' Kirk New Zealand including Antipodes,

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* '' Deschampsia kingii'' (Hook.f.) É.Desv. –

* '' Deschampsia klossii'' Ridl. –

Lesser Sunda Islands The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make u ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

* '' Deschampsia koelerioides'' Regel –

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part o ...

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, China,

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* '' Deschampsia laxa'' Phil. –

* '' Deschampsia leskovii'' Tzvelev – northern

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'' (Stapf) Henrard –

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* '' Deschampsia looseriana'' Parodi –

* '' Deschampsia maderensis'' (Hack. & Bornm.) Buschm. –

* '' Deschampsia media'' (Gouan) Roem. & Schult. – central and southern Europe,

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...

* '' Deschampsia mejlandii'' C.E.Hubb. –

* '' Deschampsia mendocina'' Parodi –

* †'' Deschampsia mexicana'' Scribn. – Mexico, apparently extinct * ''

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 Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

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Deschampsia nubigena ''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 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. –

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Deschampsia patula ''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.

'' (Phil.) Skottsb. –

* '' Deschampsia pusilla'' 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 ...

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* '' Deschampsia setacea'' (Huds.) Hack. – northern and western Europe * '' Deschampsia tenella'' Petrie – New Zealand * '' Deschampsia venustula'' Parodi –

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Deschampsia wacei ''Deschampsia wacei'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors ...

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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 ...

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Antinoria ''Antinoria'' is a genus of Mediterranean 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 ...

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Bromus ''Bromus'' is a large genus of grasses, classified in its own tribe Bromeae. They are commonly known as bromes, brome grasses, cheat grasses or chess grasses. Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 10 ...

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Calamagrostis ''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' genera ...

'', '' Centropodia'', ''

Colpodium ''Colpodium'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Asia but with a few species on certain mountains in Africa. ; SpeciesMill, R. R. 1985. ''Eremopoa, Nephelochloa, Catabrosella, Colpodium, Hyalopoa, Catabrosa, Paracolpod ...

'', '' Dissanthelium'', ''

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 ''Peyritschia'' is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Peyritschia conferta'' (Pilg.) Finot - Venezuela, Ecuador * '' Peyritschia deyeuxioides'' (Kunth) Finot - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecua ...

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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 ...

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Trisetum ''Trisetum'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and b ...

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Vahlodea ''Vahlodea'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the 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 within; Fi ...

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References

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