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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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|title = ''Deschampsia caespitosa'' (L.) P.Beauv. record n° 50145

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}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a [[perennial]] tufted plant in the grass family [[Poaceae]].<ref>''Jepson Manual''. 1993</ref> Distribution of this species is widespread including the eastern and western coasts of North America, parts of South America, Eurasia and Australia.

The species is cultivated as an ornamental garden plant, and numerous [[cultivar]]s are available. The cultivarcultivars 'Goldschleier' hasand 'Goldtau' <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/114437/Deschampsia-cespitosa-Goldtau/Details | title = ''Deschampsia cespitosa'' 'Goldtau' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 5 May 2020}}</ref> have gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91512/i-Deschampsia-cespitosa-i-Goldschleier/Details | title = RHS Plantfinder - ''Deschampsia cespitosa'' 'Goldschleier' | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 16 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 24 January 2018}}</ref>

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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>

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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]]] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004923/http://www.bsbi.org.uk/identification.html |date=2011-07-17 }} Identification Resources website</ref> It flowers from June until August.

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&nbsp;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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==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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