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Pleuropogon californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Pleuropogon
Species:	P. californicus
Binomial name
Pleuropogon californicus (Nees) Benth. ex Vasey
Synonyms
Pleuropogon davyi

Pleuropogon californicus is a species of grass known by the common name annual semaphoregrass. It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in moist woodland and forest habitat, including redwood forests and nearby wetlands.

Description

Pleuropogon californicus is an annual or perennial bunch grass growing decumbent or erect in clumps of stems up to nearly 1 metre (3.3 ft) in maximum height.

The inflorescence bears widely spaced narrowly cylindrical spikelets which hang sideways off the stem, resembling semaphore signals. Each spikelet may be up to 5 centimeters long and may contain 20 flowers.

External links

Media related to Pleuropogon californicus at Wikimedia Commons

• Jepson Manual Treatment: Pleuropogon californicus
• USDA Plants Profile
• Pleuropogon californicus — U.C. Photo gallery

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• Pooideae
• Native grasses of California
• Endemic flora of California
• Bunchgrasses of North America
• Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
• Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
• Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Pooideae stubs