Corynephorus canescens

Corynephorus canescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Corynephorus
Species:
C. canescens
Binomial name
Corynephorus canescens
Synonyms[1]
  • Aira breviculmis Loisel.
  • Aira canescens L.
  • Aira triflora Willd. ex Steud.
  • Aira variegata St.-Amans
  • Agrostis canescens (L.) Salisb. not Griseb.
  • Avena canescens (L.) Weber
  • Corynephorus incanescens Bubani
  • Weingaertneria canescens (L.) Bernh.

Corynephorus canescens, common name grey hair-grass[2] or gray clubawn grass,[3] is a species of plants in the grass family, native to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa but widely naturalized in North America.[1][4][3] In the United Kingdom it is rare. It can be found at sites such as Wangford Warren and Carr, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Breckland area of Suffolk.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ a b NRCS. "Corynephorus canescens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ W.D. Clayton; M. Vorontsova; K.T. Harman; H. Williamson. "Corynephorus canescens". The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew: GrassBase.
  5. ^ Wangford Warren and Carr Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  6. ^ Breckland, Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 2014-03-03.