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|accepted_name=Danthonia compressa
|accepted_authority=Austin
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|common_names=Flattened oatgrass;Danthonie comprimée
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Danthonia alleni
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Danthonioideae;Poaceae tribe Danthonieae;Danthonia;Danthonia compressa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Danthonioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Danthonieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Danthonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Danthonia compressa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 303
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>40-80 cm, disarticulating at the nodes when mature. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, rarely sparsely pilose, usually reddish above the nodes; blades to 30 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, flexible but not curled at maturity, glabrous, sometimes scabrous, uppermost cauline blades erect to ascending. <b>Inflorescences</b> with (4)6-17 spikelets; branches usually flexible, usually divergent, sometimes strongly so, after anthesis; lower branches with 2-3 spikelets; pedicels on the lowest branch as long as or longer than the spikelets. <b>Spikelets</b> (7)10-16 mm. <b>Calluses</b> of middle florets about as long as wide, convex abaxially; lemma bodies 2.5-5 mm, pilose over the back, sometimes sparsely so, margins pilose to beyond midlength, distal hairs 0.5-2 mm, apical teeth 2-4 mm, aristate, (1/2)2/3 or more as long as the lemma bodies; awns 6-10 mm; anthers to 2.2 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.7-2.6 mm long, 0.7-1.1 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;D.C;W.Va.;Ark.;Del.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Pa.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Va.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Alaska;Ala.;Ga.;Md.;Ohio;Mich.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Danthonia compressa</i> grows in open and semi-shaded areas, including meadows, open woods, and woodland openings. Although not a true pioneer species, it may sometimes occur as a weed in perennial crops. It is restricted to eastern North America.</p>
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name=Danthonia compressa
|author=
|authority=Austin
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Danthonia alleni
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;D.C;W.Va.;Ark.;Del.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Pa.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Va.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Alaska;Ala.;Ga.;Md.;Ohio;Mich.;Ky.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Danthonioideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Danthonieae
|genus=Danthonia
|species=Danthonia compressa
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