Agrostis viridis
(water bent)
Poaceae

 

Description:
Perennial herbs, sometimes flowering first year and appearing annual, 1-60 dm tall; stems decumbent, sometimes trailing and rooting at nodes. Ligules 1-5 mm long; leaf blades 2-8 mm wide. Inflorescence narrow, spikate, branches appressed to erect, with spikelets to near their bases. Glumes 1-2.5 mm long; lemmas 1-1.5 mm long, awnless; palea slightly shorter than lemma. Flowers May-Aug.

Distribution:
Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, and Santa Catalina islands; Cedros Island; throughout North America; native of Europe.

 

Santa Cruz Island

Occasional; stream banks, moist floodplains, freshwater seeps; riparian communities; 20-1000 ft (6-305 m).

1995(1)
Widely scattered locations throughout island.  First collected in Valdez Canyon in June 1930.


 

(1) Provided by "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995.

Plant descriptions from "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995.  Used with permission.  Do not use or reproduce without permission.

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