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Deschampsia danthonioides is a species of grass known by the common name annual hairgrass. It is native to western North America from the Yukon Territory and British Columbia, through California and the Western United States, to Baja California, and also to southern South America in Chile and Argentina. The annual bunchgrass grows in moist to drying areas such as pond edges, meadows and grasslands, in various habitat types such as montane and chaparral. Deschampsia danthonioides has stems growing solitary or in loose clumps up to 40 to 60 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow to open array of thin branches bearing small V-shaped spikelets.
Grass
1 - 2 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow
Spring
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland, Wetland-Riparian, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Juba Skipper
Hesperia juba
Umber Skipper
Poanes melane