Aira caryophyllea subsp. multiculmis
Common names
silvery hair grass
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Grasses
Detailed description
Annual grass growing in dull green or reddish-green, erect tufts up to 50 cm tall. Long ligule. Spikelets very small and silvery on hair-like branches. Each spikelet has two awns which cross.
Habitat
Sandy waste land, cliffs, banks, rocky grassland, roadsides
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Poaceae
Ecology
Origin
South-western Europe
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
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