Taxon report data from Calflora
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Deschampsia cespitosa
Common Name:Tufted hair grass
Deschampsia cespitosa, a monocot, is a perennial grass that is native to California.
| US Distribution: | |
| Plant Community(s): | Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, Coastal Salt Marsh, Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Freshwater Marsh (note: this has been expanded to include all freshwater wetlands), Northern Coastal Scrub |
| Habitat: | meadows coastal salt-marsh freshwater-marsh |
| Family: | Poaceae |
Name Status:
Recognized as current in TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
County distribution list:
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, ContraCosta, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Inyo, Kern, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mendocino, Mono, Monterey, Modoc, Mariposa, Marin, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura
See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in Calfornia.
Links: USDA Plants Profile | Jepson Herbarium
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