Poaceae
Circumpolar reedgrass
Calamagrostis deschampsioides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Calamagrostis
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Calamagrostis deschampsioidesPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Circumpolar reedgrass
- Finnish
- Lauhakastikka
Synonyms
- Calamagrostis bracteolata V.N.Vassil.
- Calamagrostis deschampsioides subsp. macrantha Piper ex Scribn. & Merr.
- Calamagrostis deschampsioides var. churchilliana Polunin ex Scoggan
- Calamagrostis deschampsioides var. macrantha (Piper ex Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis deschampsioides var. subapicalis Ohwi
- Calamagrostis festuciformis Varsiliev
- Calamagrostis inopia Litv.
- Calamagrostis kai-alpina Honda
- Calamagrostis levis Takeda
- Calamagrostis macrantha (Piper ex Scribn. & Merr.) V.N.Vassil.
- Deyeuxia deschampsioides (Trin.) Vasey
- Deyeuxia deschampsioides (Trin.) Scribn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.