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Avenella flexuosa (Linnaeus) Drejer. Common name: Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Grassy balds, high elevation rocky summits, rocky or sandy woodlands. Distribution: Circumboreal, ranging south in North America to n. GA, OH, WI, and MN; disjunct in AR and OK, and in Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, Mi, NY, POWO, Va, Chiapella (2007); = Aira flexuosa L. — S; = Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. — Ar, C, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K4, Meso6, NE, Pa, RAB, S13, Tat, Tn, W, WV, Tucker (1996); > Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. var. flexuosa — F, NS; > Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. var. montana (L.) Griseb. — F, NS. Basionym: Aira flexuosa L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Deschampsia flexuosa - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: UPL (name change)
  • Midwest: FACU (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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native range: circumboreal to central U.S. & Mexico



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