Kebnat
PLANTS

Wavy hairgrass

Avenella flexuosa

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Wavy hairgrass, photo 1 of 5
Wavy hairgrass, In flower
Wavy hairgrass, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in mountains and in forests.

There are 462 observations of Wavy hairgrass in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 12 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord175
  2. Nord-du-Québec162
  3. Capitale-Nationale26
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine22
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue19
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent16
  7. Outaouais12
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches11
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean7
  10. Montérégie6
  11. Centre-du-Québec3
  12. Estrie3

Habitat

ForestCephas
ConifersMario Hains
MountainPoutineExtraFromage

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Tufted hairgrassDeschampsia cespitosa
Colonial bentgrassAgrostis capillaris
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Glaucous bluegrassPoa glauca
Tall oatgrassArrhenatherum elatius
Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
Tufted bulrushTrichophorum cespitosum
Alpine bluegrassPoa alpina
Oakforest woodrushLuzula luzuloides