Stats

Lifespan

5-10 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Armor

Status

Uncommon

About

This perennial grass grows in dense, rounded clumps across most of the globe. Its stiff blades can survive being frozen solid for months during the harshest winter weather.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Deschampsia

Species

Deschampsia cespitosa