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Deschampsia danthonioides

(Trin.) Munro

Annual Hairgrass

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137263

Element CodePMPOA22070

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusDeschampsia

Other Common Names

annual hairgrass (EN) Deschampsie fausse-danthonie (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-07-16

Change Date1985-10-15

Range Extent Comments

Alaska and Yukon south to Baja California, Nevada, Utah, and western Montana, with disjunct populations in Chile and Argentina.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Utah	S2	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S1	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Nevada	S3	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Antimony	Los Padres National Forest	40,911
Hoover - North	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	1,574
Sawmill - Badlands	Los Padres National Forest	51,362

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.