Poaceae
Tufted hair-grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Deschampsia
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- ديشمبية أجمية
- arz
- ديشمبيه اجميه
- Belarusian
- Вострыца дзірваністая, Вастрыца, Мурог
- Chinese
- 发草, 髮草, 深山米芒
- Czech
- Metlice trsnatá
- Danish
- Mose-Bunke
- Dutch
- Ruwe smele
- English
- Tufted hair-grass, Tufted hairgrass
- Esperanto
- Malglata deskampsio
- Estonian
- Luht-kastevars, Luhtkastevars
- Finnish
- Nurmilauha
- French
- Canche cespiteuse
- frr
- Wiasem
- German
- Rasen-Schmiele, Rasenschmiele
- hsb
- Łučna šmica
- Hungarian
- Gyepes sédbúza
- Icelandic
- Snarrótarpuntur, Snarrót
- Irish
- Móinfhéar garbh
- Japanese
- ヒロハノコメススキ
- Latvian
- Parastā ciņusmilga
- Lithuanian
- Kupstinė šluotsmilgė
- myv
- Луганаронь сильгетикше
- nv
- Tłʼoh deitsʼóózí
- Polish
- Śmiałek darniowy
- Russian
- Луговик дернистый, Щучка, Щучка альпийская, Щучка дернистая, Щучник дернистый
- Swedish
- Tuvtåtel, Haregräs
- Ukrainian
- Щучник дернистий
- Welsh
- Brigwellt garw
Synonyms
- Agrostis cespitosa (L.) Salisb.
- Agrostis vivipara Steud.
- Aira caespitosa f. compacta Waisb.
- Aira caespitosa f. reptans Borbás
- Aira caespitosa f. stolonifera (Hausm.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Aira caespitosa subsp. hartmaniana Nyman
- Aira caespitosa subsp. rhenana (Gremli) Nyman
- Aira caespitosa var. altissima (Lam.) Peterm.
- Aira caespitosa var. arctica (Spreng.) Thurb.
- Aira cespitosa L.
- Aira major Syme
- Aira major subsp. cespitosa (L.) Syme
- Avena caespitosa (L.) Kuntze
- Avena caespitosa Kuntze
- Avena paludosa (Roth) Heynh.
- Campella caespitosa (L.) Link
- Deschampsia alpina var. alpina
- Deschampsia andraei Aursw.
- Deschampsia bottnica f. subtriflora Holmb.
- Deschampsia cespitosa f. triflora Holmb.
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. hispanica (Vivant) Cebolla, J.A.López & Rivas Ponce
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. littoralis (Gaudich.) K.Richt.
- Deschampsia cespitosa var. bottnica (Wahlenb.) Vasey ex Beal
- Deschampsia cespitosa var. cespitosa
- Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. submutica (Trautv.) Tzvelev
- Deschampsia turczaninowii Litv.
- Podionapus caespitosus (L.) Dulac
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 80 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Richard Littauer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lilly M, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.