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31 species matched this search criteria



Family Poaceae

1
Giant Stipa
Achnatherum coronatum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant ricegrass, giant needlegrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Achnatherum coronatum

2
European Beachgrass *
Ammophila arenaria

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BEACHGRASS.

Sandy beaches, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Ammophila arenaria

3
Six-week Three-awn
Aristida adscensionis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: THREE-AWN.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Aristida adscensionis

4
Giant Reed *
Arundo donax

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant cane.
Generic common name: GIANT REED.

PCH roadside near Point Mugu State Park: Developed maintenance area, July 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic. 		Thumbnail Picture of Arundo donax

5
Wild Oats *
Avena fatua

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: OATS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Avena fatua

6
Ripgut Grass *
Bromus diandrus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: ripgut grass, bromegrass, great brome.
Generic common name: BROME.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Bromus diandrus

7
Soft Brome *
Bromus hordeaceus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: soft chess.
Generic common name: BROME.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Bromus hordeaceus

8
Foxtail *
Bromus madritensis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: compact brome, Madrid brome, foxtail chess, foxtail brome, Spanish brome.
Generic common name: BROME.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Bromus madritensis

9
Cheat Grass *
Bromus tectorum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: downy brome.
Generic common name: BROME.

Paramount Ranch, March 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic. 		Thumbnail Picture of Bromus tectorum

10
Uruguayan Pampas Grass *
Cortaderia selloana

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pampas grass.
Generic common name: PAMPAS GRASS.

PCH Roadside: coastal sage scrub, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic. 		Thumbnail Picture of Cortaderia selloana

11
Southern Crabgrass *
Digitaria ciliaris

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CRABGRASS.

Mulholland Highway roadside: near developed areas, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Digitaria ciliaris

12
Smooth Crabgrass *
Digitaria ischaemum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CRABGRASS.

Mulholland Highway roadside: near developed areas, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Digitaria ischaemum

13
Barnyard Grass *
Echinochloa crus-galli

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: watergrass.
Generic common name: COCKSPUR GRASS.

Ventura County disturbed agricultural and roadsides, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Echinochloa crus-galli

14
Panic Veldtgrass *
Ehrharta erecta

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: upright veldt grass.
Generic common name: VELDTGRASS.

Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Ehrharta erecta

15
Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILDRYE.

Malibu Creek State Park: Riparian woodland east of Malibu Cyn Rd, June 2009.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

16
Goldentop *
Lamarckia aurea

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOLDENTOP.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Lamarckia aurea

17
Giant Wild Rye
Leymus condensatus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant rye, giant ryegrass.
Generic common name: WILDRYE.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, May 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Leymus condensatus

18
Beardless Wild Rye
Leymus triticoides

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: creeping wild rye, valley wild rye.
Generic common name: WILDRYE.

Gillette Ranch: Native Plant Garden, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Leymus triticoides

19
Scratch Grass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: alkali muhly.
Generic common name: MUHLY.

Malibu Creek streamside: Riparian Woodland, near Rindge dam, Oct 2009.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Muhlenbergia asperifolia

20
Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: annual muhly.
Generic common name: MUHLY.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Muhlenbergia microsperma

21
Foothill Needlegrass
Nassella lepida

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: small flowered needlegrass, small flowered stipa, smallflower tussockgrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Nassella lepida

22
Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: purple stipa, purple tussockgrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Nassella pulchra

23
Dallis Grass *
Paspalum dilatatum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.

Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, Sept 2007.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Paspalum dilatatum

24
Kikuyu Grass *
Pennisetum clandestinum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.

Cultivated residential lawn turf occasionally escaped where moisture adequate, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Pennisetum clandestinum

25
Fountain Grass *
Pennisetum setaceum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: crimson fountaingrass.
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.

Pacific Coast Highway roadside at point Mugu State park, May 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Pennisetum setaceum

26
Harding Grass *
Phalaris aquatica

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: bulbous canarygrass.
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.

Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic. 		Thumbnail Picture of Phalaris aquatica

27
Smilo Grass *
Piptatherum miliaceum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: millet mountain rice, rice grass.
Generic common name: RICEGRASS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, June 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Piptatherum miliaceum

28
Annual Bluegrass *
Poa annua

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Poa annua

29
Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: one sided blue grass, pine bluegrass.
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Poa secunda

30
Small Fescue
Vulpia microstachys

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FESCUE.

Malibu Creek State Park: oak woodland, April 2009.

Characteristics: Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Vulpia microstachys

31
Rat-tail Fescue *
Vulpia myuros

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: foxtail fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE.

Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Non-Native. 		Thumbnail Picture of Vulpia myuros




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