Deschampsia flexuosa (Hair grass)

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Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.

Hair grass, crinkled hairgrass

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Deschampsia	After French botanist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1766-1842)
Species	flexuosa

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7/21/2013 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 21 cm) ID is uncertain

6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm)

Deschampsia flexuosa description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 16 Sep 2023.

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 14″ (23 × 35 cm)

7/21/2013 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 25 cm) ID is uncertain

6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm)

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