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Deschampsia (a genus of hair-grasses)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. (Tufted Hair-grass)     91
Species Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. (Wavy Hair-grass) 6 5 6

Suggested Literature

Deschampsia may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Deschampsia:

leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha pygmaea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Cerodontha pygmaea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Deschampsia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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