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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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'''''Deschampsia cespitosa''''', commonly known as '''tufted hairgrass''' or '''tussock grass''',<ref name="afpd">{{cite web
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|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130101221410/http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=50145
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|archive-date = 2013-01-01
|title = ''Deschampsia caespitosa'' (L.) P.Beauv. record n° 50145
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|work = African Plants Database
|publisher = [[Natural History Museum of Geneva|South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève]] and Tela Botanica
The species is cultivated as an ornamental garden plant, and numerous [[cultivar]]s are available. The
It is a larval host to the [[Juba skipper]] and the [[umber skipper]].<ref>The Xerces Society (2016), ''Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects'', Timber Press.</ref>
==Description==
A distinguishing feature is the upper surface of the leaf blade which feels rough and can cut in one direction, but is smooth in the opposite direction. The dark green upper sides of the leaves are deeply grooved.
It can grow to {{cvt|4.5|ft|m|1}} tall, and has a long, narrow, pointed ligule.<ref>[http://www.bsbi.org.uk/identification.html "Identification Resources"], [[Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland|BSBI
It can be found on all types of grassland, although it prefers poorly drained soil. It forms a major component of the [[British NVC community MG9]] - ''[[Holcus lanatus]]'' to ''Deschampsia cespitosa'' [[mesotrophic soil|mesotrophic]] grasslands. It can exist up to altitudes of 4000 ft.<ref>Grasses by C E Hubbard, 1978, published by Penguin books</ref> Typical native grass associates in the western North American [[California coastal prairie|coastal prairie]]s, such as the [[California coastal prairie]], are ''[[Festuca californica]]'', ''[[Festuca idahoensis]]'', ''[[Danthonia californica]]'', and ''[[Nassella pulchra]]''.
==Subspecies==
* ''Deschampsia cespitosa'' subsp. ''cespitosa'' (synonyms: ''Deschampsia bottnica'' (Wahlenb.) Trin.; ''Deschampsia littoralis'' (Gaudin) Reut.)<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168749-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==Gallery==
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Image:Deschampsia cespitosa seed.jpg |Seed
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==External links==
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*''Jepson Manual''. 1993. [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8936,8938 Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Deschampsia cespitosa'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DECE USDA Plants Profile for ''Deschampsia cespitosa'']
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