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§1 Plant

Deschampsia danthonioides (Trin.) Munro

vernacular annual hairgrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
DEDA
GBIF
2703174
Rank
species
annual hairgrass (Deschampsia danthonioides)
Platephotograph · Tim MessickCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Deschampsia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 144 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 144 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
52 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
12–30 in/yr
pH range
5.8–7.2
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,000,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 144 counties across 11 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 55 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/DEDA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2703174 ↗

Record version

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