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Tussock grass

Deschampsia angusta

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
EC. Trop. Africa (Ruwenzori, Mt. Elgon)
Climate
montane tropical

About

Deschampsia angusta is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitat is Alpine wetlands.

Other Deschampsia plants

Deschampsia aurea · Coirón Suave · Calamagrostis teretifolia · Antarctic hair grass · Scribner's Grass · Tufted hairgrass · Deschampsia chapmanii · Annual hairgrass · Slender hairgrass · Slender Hair Grass · Deschampsia robusta · Deschampsia wacei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Deschampsia angusta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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