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serpentine reedgrass
Calamagrostis ophitidis
Calamagrostis ophitidis, the serpentine reedgrass, is a species of bunch grass in the family Poaceae.
It is endemic to California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the mountain slopes north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
From the article Calamagrostis ophitidis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It is a perennial grass forming clumps reaching heights between 60 centimeters and three feet/one meter. The inflorescence is a dense, thinly bushy array of rough, pale-colored spikelets.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 61198.