Calamagrostis canadensis subsp. langsderffii (Link) Hult.
 
FamilyGramineae — APG family: Poaceae
SynonymsCalamagrostis purpurea subsp. langsdorffii (Link) Tsvel., Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii (Link) Inman, Calamagrostis langsdorffii (Link) Trin., Arundo langsdorffii Link
DescriptionSimilar to subsp. canadensis, but taller; glumes longer and narrower, herbaceous, very acute, very scabrous on keel; panicle larger, nodding; leaves softer, flaccid.
EcologyAlpine and subalpine meadows and thickets. Described from cultivated speci- mens grown from seeds, possibly from Kamchatka.
Taxonomy
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Common along coast, where subsp. canadensis is lacking. Passes inland into that taxon, probably through introgression; distinction between two taxa somewhat arbitrary there. (See color section.)
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This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.