Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.
(Crested Hair-grass)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesKoeleria macrantha (Crested Hair-grass)
Species aggregateKoeleria macrantha sens. lat. (crested hair-grass)
GenusKoeleria (hair-grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Koeleria macrantha (Crested Hair-grass) :
1: Koeleria macrantha (Crested Hair-grass)
10 Jun 2005 OSGR: ST95 51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
on slope, where people scramble down hill, on chalk downs grassland
Image 1: Culm basesImage 2: Culm bases (2)Image 3: CulmsImage 4: Culms - separatedImage 5: InflorescencesImage 6: Inflorescences - in situ - close-upImage 7: Plant - in situImage 8: Plant - in situ (2)Image 9: Plant - in situ - close-upImage 10: Plant - in situ - close-up (2)Image 11: Floral parts - highly enlargedImage 12: Inflorescence branch - inner face - highly enlargedImage 13: Inflorescence branch - inner face - highly enlarged (2)Image 14: Inflorescence branch - outer face - highly enlargedImage 15: Inflorescence branch - outer face - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Inflorescences - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Inflorescences - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 18: Lower leaf - ligule - close-up - highly enlargedImage 19: Lower leaf - ligule - highly enlargedImage 20: Spikelet dissection - highly enlargedImage 21: Spikelet dissection - highly enlarged (2)Image 22: Spikelets - highly enlargedImage 23: Spikelets - highly enlarged (2)Image 24: Spikelets - highly enlarged (3)Image 25: Topmost leaf - auricles - highly enlargedImage 26: Topmost leaf - auricles - highly enlarged (2)Image 27: Topmost leaf - back of ligule - highly enlargedImage 28: Topmost leaf - ligule - highly enlargedImage 29: Topmost leaf - ligule - highly enlarged (2)Image 30: Topmost leaf - ligule - highly enlarged (3)Image 31: Topmost leaf - tip - upper side - highly enlargedImage 32: Topmost leaf - tip - underside - highly enlargedImage 33: Topmost leaf - top surface - highly enlargedImage 34: Topmost leaf - under surface - highly enlarged

Koeleria macrantha (Crested Hair-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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