Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 15842 
Family Poaceae 
Species Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Collector Information Oliver Hansen  (125)  18 September 2010 , with Beth Hansen
Voucher Senior Thesis Voucher for Henry's Fork and Vicinity Checklist, Block 19, northern Utah and southern Wyoming. 
Geography United States,  Utah, Duchesne County
Lat./Long. 40°  47' 10.32" N, 110°  22 ' 27.9" W at 12437 feet (3791 m)
Locality Uinta Mountains, Anderson Pass, on the Painter’s Basin side of the pass at the bottom of switchbacks; 
Ecology alpine tundra covered talus basin. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) Beauv.

     Aira caespitosa L.
     Aira cespitosa L.
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. abbei Boivin
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. alpicola (Rydb.) A.& D. Löve & Kapoor
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. arctica Vasey
     Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. genuina (Reichenb.) Volk.
     Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. glauca (Hartman) Hartman
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. glauca (Hartman) Lindm. f., non Regel
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. intercotidalis Boivin
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. littoralis (Gaudin) Richter
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. longiflora Beal
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. mackenzieana (Raup) Boivin
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. maritima Vasey
     Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. orientalis Hultén
     Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. paramushirensis (Honda) Tzvelev
     Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. parviflora (Thuill.) Dumort.
     Deschampsia caespitosa var. parviflora (Thuill.) Coss. & Germ.
     Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv.
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. abbei Boivin
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpicola (Rydb.) A.& D. Löve & Kapoor
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. arctica Vasey
     Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. genuina (Reichenb.) Volk.
     Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. glauca (Hartman) Hartman
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. glauca (Hartman) Lindm. f., non Regel
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. intercotidalis Boivin
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. littoralis (Gaudin) Richter
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. longiflora Beal
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. mackenzieana (Raup) Boivin
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. maritima Vasey
     Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. orientalis Hultén
     Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. paramushirensis (Honda) Tzvelev
     Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. parviflora (Thuill.) Jarmolenko & Soo
     Deschampsia cespitosa var. parviflora (Thuill.) Coss. & Germ.
     Deschampsia glauca Hartman
     Deschampsia mackenzieana Raup
     Deschampsia paramushirensis Honda
     Deschampsia pumila (Ledeb.) Ostenf.
     Deschampsia sukatschewii (Popl.) Rosh.

Common Name(s): tufted hairgrass.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=40586, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Commelinidae
                            Order: Cyperales
                                Family: Poaceae
                                    Genus: Deschampsia
                                        Species: Deschampsia caespitosa
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 04596s2.jpg 
04596
specimen image: 04835s1.jpg 
04835
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07094
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07222
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07425
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07595
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07697
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07977
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09109
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09109

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14072 Aster foliaceus  var. apricus   "alpine leafybract aster" 2 mi. N
15840 Bryophyte      same section
15845 Carex illota     same section
14073 Erigeron goodrichii      "Uinta Mountains fleabane" 2 mi. N
14070 Erigeron tener      "slender fleabane" same section
15847 Festuca ovina  var. brevifolia  925 ft. SE
14069 Gentiana algida      "whitish gentian" 2229 ft. W
15843 Gentiana algida     same section
14071 Gentiana calycosa      "Rainier pleated gentian" 1.1 mi. W
14074 Gentianella amarella      "autumn dwarf gentian" 2.1 mi. N
15848 Oxyria digyna     925 ft. SE
15841 Oxyria digyna     same section
15844 Potentilla ovina  var. decurrens  same section
15851 Salix planifolia     same section
14068 Sedum rhodanthum     2061 ft. SW
15846 Trisetum spicatum     same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Anderson Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 938 ft. SW 12681  Mount Powell 
Kings Peak (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 2794 ft. S 13026  Kings Peak 
Gunsight Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 1.1 mi. NE 11854  Kings Peak 
South Kings Peak (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 1.4 mi. S 13193  Mount Powell 
Cliff Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.8 mi. W 11451  Mount Powell 
Lake Blanchard (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.1 mi. NW 11172  Mount Powell 
Henrys Fork Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.5 mi. N 10824  Mount Powell 
Kings Lake (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 2.5 mi. S 11454  Mount Powell 
Dollar Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. N 10791  Mount Powell 
Grass Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. N 10824  Mount Powell 
Irland Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. NW 11395  Mount Powell 
Castle Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. NW 11369  Mount Powell 
Trail Rider Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 3 mi. SE 11585  Kings Peak 
Painter Basin (Basin) Duchesne County, UT 2.7 mi. E 11162  Kings Peak 
Gilbert Peak (Summit) Summit County, UT 3.1 mi. NE 13409  Kings Peak 
Mount Powell (Summit) Summit County, UT 2.7 mi. W 13035  Mount Powell 
Lake George Beard (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 3.1 mi. SE 11424  Kings Peak 
Gilbert Creek Basin (Basin) Duchesne County, UT 3.4 mi. NE 11457  Kings Peak 
Sawmill Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 4.3 mi. N 10663  Mount Powell 
Smiths Fork Pass (Gap) Summit County, UT 3.4 mi. W 11789  Mount Powell 

Links

Taxon Links for species Deschampsia cespitosa  (L.) P. Beauv.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Deschampsia+cespitosa

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