Deschampsia
Encyclopedia
Deschampsia is a genus
of grass
es in the family
Poaceae
, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. There are 30 to 40 species.
Deschampsia species are used as food plants by the larva
e of some Lepidoptera
species 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
.
D. antarctica
is the world's most southern
monocot, and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
es in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. There are 30 to 40 species.
Deschampsia species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva
A larva 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...
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
species including Antler Moth
Antler Moth
The Antler Moth is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common species throughout most of Europe.-Description:This species is unusual for a noctuid in that there is marked sexual dimorphism. The male has a wingspan of 27-32 mm but the female is much larger with a wingspan of 35-39 mm...
, The Clay
Clay (moth)
The Clay is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe and is also found in Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, central Asia and the western parts of temperate Asia....
, Clouded-bordered Brindle
Clouded-bordered Brindle
The Clouded-bordered Brindle is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.This species has a wingspan of 36-44 mm. The forewings are pale brown with darker patches around the margin, usually with especially prominent markings at the base and tornus. The hindwings are...
, Common Wainscot
Common Wainscot
The Common Wainscot is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.As with other "wainscots", this species has buffish-yellow forewings with prominent venation. The Common Wainscot, as the specific name suggests, is very pale, lacking the darker markings shown by most of...
, Dark Arches
Dark Arches
The Dark Arches is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common, sometimes abundant, European species. It is found in most of Europe except northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Greece. The smaller subspecies sardoa is found on Sardinia and Corsica. The...
, Dusky Brocade
Dusky Brocade
The Dusky Brocade is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe. It has also been reported from Alaska by Kononenko et al. in 1989....
, Shoulder-striped Wainscot
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
The Shoulder-striped Wainscot is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Some authors place it in the genus Mythimna. It is found throughout Europe....
, Smoky Wainscot
Smoky Wainscot
The Smoky Wainscot is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.As with other "wainscots", this species has buffish yellow forewings with prominent venation. The Smoky Wainscot has a dark basal streak with another shorter streak nearer to the costa and tornus. This...
and Wall.
Deschampsia sometimes grow in boggy acidic formations, an example of which is the Portlethen Moss
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 certain development and agricultural degradation...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
D. antarctica
Deschampsia antarctica
Deschampsia antarctica is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis ....
is the world's most southern
The world's most southern
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monocot, and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica.
Selected species
- Deschampsia antarcticaDeschampsia antarcticaDeschampsia antarctica is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis ....
E.Desv. - Deschampsia bottnica (KvarkenKvarkenKvarken is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay from the Bothnian Sea...
area of the Gulf of BothniaGulf of BothniaThe Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea.-Name:...
) - Deschampsia brevifolia R.Br. – Bering Hairgrass, Melville Island Hairgrass
- Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. – Tufted Hairgrass
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. alpina (L.) Tzvelev
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. beringensis (Hultén) W.E.Lawr.
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. borealis (Trautv.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. holciformis (J. Presl) W.E.Lawr.
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. obensis (Roshev.) Tzvelev
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. orientalis Hultén
- Deschampsia danthonioidesDeschampsia danthonioidesDeschampsia danthonioides is a species of grass known by the common name annual hairgrass. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California, and southern South America in Chile and Argentina....
(Trin.) Munro – Annual Hairgrass - Deschampsia elongataDeschampsia elongataDeschampsia elongata is a species of grass known by the common name slender hairgrass. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Wyoming to northern Mexico, and South America in Chile. It grows at all elevations, often in moist areas. It is a perennial grass forming dense clumps...
(Hook.) Munro – Slender Hairgrass - Deschampsia flexuosaDeschampsia flexuosa-Introduction:Deschampsia flexuosa Trin. or Wavy Hair-grass is a species of bunchgrass in the Poaceae family with a Holarctic distribution.-Habitat and distribution:...
(L.) Trin - Deschampsia koelerioides Regel
- Deschampsia laxa Phil.
- Deschampsia mackenzieana
- Deschampsia media (Gouan) Roem. & Schult.
- Deschampsia nubigena Hillebr. – Alpine Hairgrass
- Deschampsia pulchra Nees & C.A.Mey.
- Deschampsia reuteri Pilg.
- Deschampsia setacea (Huds.) Hack.
- Deschampsia sukatschewii(Popl.) Roshev.
Formerly placed here
- Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm.(as D. atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Scheele)