Eragrostis episcopulus

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/67376345/67376362|title=Eragrostis episcopulus|author= Lambdon, P.W. |author2=Ellick, S. |year=2016 |accessdate=26 September 2021}}

| genus = Eragrostis

| species = episcopulus

| authority = Lambdon, Darlow, Clubbe & Cope 2012

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Eragrostis episcopulus, the cliff hair grass, is a species of grass endemic to St. Helena.{{Cite web|title=Eragrostis episcopulus Lambdon, Darlow, Clubbe & Cope {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77122420-1|access-date=2021-10-09|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}} The species is classified as Critically Endangered because of its extremely restricted range and population fragmentation.

Distribution

It is found on cliffs of St. Helena, at 250 to 550 metres above sea level.{{Cite web|date=2013|title=Eragrostis episcopulus - a newly described grass species endemic to the island of St Helena, its ecology and conservation.|url=https://www.cabi.org/ISC/abstract/20133283967|access-date=2021-10-09|website=www.cabi.org|language=en}}

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