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Grasses of the BCEP
Photos of BCEP Plant Species(opens in new window)
An online folder with photos of the BCEP Plant Species.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Native | Code | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Achnatherum lemmonii | Lemmon's Needlegrass | YES | G | scattered in open grassy areas, inflorescence narrow, one floret per spikelet | |
| Agrostis exarata | Spiked Bentgrass | YES | G | |||
| Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bent | NO | G | found on gravel bar along Butte Creek | ||
| Aira caryophyllea | Silver European Hairgrass | NO | G | |||
| Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus | Broomsedge Bluestem | NO | G | |||
| Aristida ternipes var. gentilis | Hook Three-Awn | YES | G | restoration planting, near water storage tanks. treated as Aristida ternipes var. hamulosa in The Jepson Manual [Ed.1], misapplied | ||
| Avena barbata | Slender Wild Oat | NO | G | |||
| Avena fatua | Wild Oat | NO | G | |||
| Brachypodium distachyon | False Brome | NO | G | |||
| Briza minor | Lesser Quaking-Grass | NO | G | |||
| Bromus diandrus | Ripgut Brome | NO | G | |||
| Bromus hordeaceus | Soft Chess | NO | G | |||
| Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens | Red Brome | NO | G | |||
| Bromus sterilis | Poverty Brome | NO | G | |||
| Crypsis schoenoides | Swamp Pricklegrass | NO | G | |||
| Cynosurus echinatus | Hedgehog Dogtail | NO | G | |||
| Dactylis glomerata | Orchardgrass | NO | G | |||
| Deschampsia elongata | Slender Hairgrass | YES | G | |||
| Digitaria sanguinalis | Hairy Crabgrass | NO | G | wet to moist soils along Butte Creek | ||
| Echinochloa crus-galli | Barnyard Grass | NO | G | |||
| Elymus glaucus subsp. glaucus | Blue Wild-Rye | YES | G | |||
| Elymus glaucus subsp. jepsonii | Jepson's Wild-Rye | YES | G | collected off of dredge tailings in a recently opened oak/brush woodland, north-east portion of preserve. not usually collected below 2500' | ||
| Elymus multisetus | Big Squirreltail | YES | G | scattered along trail northwest of kiosk. restoration planting? | ||
| Festuca subulata | Bearded Fescue | YES | G | growing on gravel bar at edge of Butte Creek, western end of preserve | ||
| Gastridium ventricosum | Nitgrass | NO | G | |||
| Holcus lanatus | Common Velvetgrass | NO | G | |||
| Hordeum marinum subsp. gussoneanum | Mediterranean Barley | NO | G | growing in a shallow, vernally moist depression near the parking area | ||
| Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum | Hare Wall Barley | NO | G | |||
| Koeleria phleoides | Bristly Koeler's-Grass | NO | G | |||
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass | YES | G | wet soils to shallow water | ||
| Lolium multiflorum | Annual Ryegrass | NO | G | growing on gravel bar at edge of Butte Creek | ||
| Melica californica | California Melic | YES | G | found growing on a steep slope adjacent to a trail leading to Butte Creek at the north-east end of the preserve | ||
| Melica harfordii | Harford's Melic | YES | G | several small clumps observed in riparian zone | ||
| Melica torreyana | Torrey's Melic | YES | G | |||
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass | YES | G | occasional near water throughout preserve | ||
| Nassella pulchra | Purple Needlegrass | YES | G | restoration plantings | ||
| Panicum acuminatum var. acuminatum | Western Panicgrass | YES | G | |||
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | Yes | G | |||
| Panicum dichotomiflorum | Smooth Witchgrass | NO | G | late season grass growing on the gravel bars. native to eastern United States | ||
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallisgrass | NO | G | |||
| Phalaris paradoxa | Paradox Canarygrass | NO | G | disturbed soil near storage area | ||
| Piptatherum miliaceum | Smilograss | NO | G | |||
| Poa annua | Annual Bluegrass | NO | G | |||
| Poa bulbosa | Bulbous Bluegrass | NO | G | |||
| Polypogon australis | Southern Beardgrass | NO | G | growing on gravel bar at edge of Butte Creek, eastern end of reserve. very uncommon | ||
| Polypogon maritimus | Mediterranean Beardgrass | NO | G | gravel bars along creek | ||
| Polypogon monspeliensis | Annual Beardgrass | NO | G | common on moist soil along Butte Creek | ||
| Setaria pumila | Yellow Bristlegrass | NO | G | |||
| Setaria viridis | Green Bristlegrass | NO | G | collected off gravel bar | ||
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass | NO | G | |||
| Taeniatherum capput-medusae | Medusa-Head | NO | G | |||
| Vulpia microstachys var. ciliata | Fringed Fescue | YES | G | |||
| Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora | Few-Flowered Fescue | YES | G | |||
| Vulpia myuros var.myuros | Rattail Fescue | NO | G | the most common of the Vulpia |