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Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa Gand.

Canche des montagnes au sens large (fr), Canche cespiteuse (fr), Canche des champs (fr)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Culms up to 120 cm tall. Leaf blades 2–5 mm wide, adaxially densely scabrid. Panicle open, broadly pyramidal, erect, 8–30 cm, silvery green or tinged purple and gold; branches spreading, densely scabrid. Spikelets 4–4.5 mm; glumes equaling or slightly shorter than spikelet, apex acute; lemmas usually awned from near base; awn not or only slightly longer than lemma.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 5-9
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses forage
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Congo, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Montenegro, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168749-1
WFO ID wfo-0001096088
COL ID 7JPKZ
BDTFX ID 21892
INPN ID 133787
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Deschampsia cespitosa f. variegata Deschampsia cespitosa f. minor Agrostis gredensis Aira festucoides Aira laevigata Aira paludosa Aira sukatschewii Aira turczaninowii Avena alpina Deschampsia alpina Deschampsia altaica Deschampsia ambigua Deschampsia andina Deschampsia andraei Deschampsia beringensis Deschampsia doniana Deschampsia hispanica Deschampsia ivanovae Deschampsia littoralis Deschampsia mackenzieana Deschampsia rhenana Deschampsia sukatschewii Deschampsia vodopjanoviae Deschampsia x hybridogena Deschampsia kurilensis Deschampsia gaudinii Aira bottnica Deschampsia alpicola Deschampsia austrobohemica Deschampsia biebersteiniana Deschampsia borealis Deschampsia bottnica Deschampsia breviaristata Deschampsia laevigata Deschampsia multiflora Deschampsia orientalis Deschampsia paramushirensis Deschampsia penicillata Deschampsia tzvelevii Deschampsia versicolor Deschampsia kaschinae Aira alpicola Aira chrysophaena Aira hartmaniana Aira pulchra Aira pungens Deschampsia aleutica Deschampsia cespitosa f. alpicola Deschampsia cespitosa f. compacta Deschampsia cespitosa f. reptans Deschampsia chinensis Deschampsia confinis Deschampsia convoluta Deschampsia hispanica f. neilensis Deschampsia gredensis Deschampsia neumaniana Deschampsia obensis Deschampsia pulchra Deschampsia pungens Deschampsia submutica Triodia splendida Deschampsia latifolia Aira stolonifera Aira andraei Aira aristulata Aira alpina Aira altissima Aira ambigua Calamagrostis arundo Aira littoralis Deschampsia glauca Aira cespitosa var. ambigua Aira cespitosa var. littoralis Aira cespitosa var. submutica Deschampsia beringensis var. atkensis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. anadyrensis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. austrobohemica Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. beringensis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. bottnica Deschampsia caespitosa subsp. gaudinii Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. gredensis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. hispanica Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. obensis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. orientalis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. paramushirensis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. pyrenaica Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. rhenana Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. sukatschewii Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. turczaninowii Deschampsia cespitosa var. abbei Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpicola Deschampsia cespitosa var. atlantis Deschampsia cespitosa var. congesta Deschampsia cespitosa var. crassifolia Deschampsia cespitosa var. exaristata Deschampsia cespitosa var. hispanica Deschampsia cespitosa var. intercotidalis Deschampsia cespitosa var. komarovii Deschampsia cespitosa var. mackenzieana Deschampsia cespitosa var. maritima Deschampsia cespitosa var. minor Deschampsia cespitosa var. pulchra Deschampsia cespitosa var. pungens Deschampsia cespitosa var. strictior Deschampsia cespitosa var. submutica Deschampsia cespitosa var. variegata Deschampsia hispanica subsp. gallaecica Deschampsia hispanica subsp. gredensis Deschampsia hispanica var. burebana Deschampsia hispanica var. iberica Deschampsia littoralis var. beringensis Deschampsia littoralis var. ivanovae Deschampsia media subsp. hispanica Deschampsia media var. iberica Deschampsia refracta subsp. gredensis Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. borealis Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. minor Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. orientalis Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. ivanovae Deschampsia tzvelevii var. vivipara Deschampsia cespitosa f. tenera Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa Aira cespitosa subsp. submutica Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. scardica Aira australis Aira vivipara Deschampsia anadyrensis Deschampsia komarovii Aira cespitosa var. alpina
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