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Hair Grass
Aira
Aira is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family, native to western and southern Europe, central and southwest Asia, and Africa.
The common name, shared with the similar related genera Deschampsia and Koeleria, is hair-grass, from the very slender leaves and stems. The species typically occur on dry, sandy sites, and grow to 20–40 cm tall.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Silver Hairgrass
speciesAira caryophyllea
early hair grass
speciesAira praecox
elegant hair grass
speciesAira elegans
Silvery hairgrass
speciesAira cupaniana
Aira multiculmis
speciesAira multiculmis
Aira provincialis
speciesAira provincialis
Aira tenorei
speciesAira tenorei
Aira armoricana
speciesAira armoricana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Aira in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52695.