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Avenella flexuosa (Linnaeus) Drejer. Common Hairgrass, Wavy Hairgrass. Phen: Apr-Aug. Hab: Grassy balds, high elevation rocky summits, rocky or sandy woodlands. Dist: 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: = Mi, NY, Va, Chiapella (2007); = Aira flexuosa L. – S; = Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. – Ar, C, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K3, K4, Meso6, NE, Pa, RAB, S13, Tat, Tn, W, WV, Tucker (1996); > Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. var. flexuosa – F, K1; > Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. var. montana (L.) Griseb. – F, K1

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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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