Calamagrostis breweri

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|image = Calamagrostis breweri HC-1950.jpg

|genus = Calamagrostis

|species = breweri

|authority = Thurb.

|synonyms = Calamagrostis lemmonii

| status = G3

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1137207 | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}

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Calamagrostis breweri is a species of grass known by the common name shorthair reedgrass.

Distribution

It is native to the mountains of Northern California and Oregon, where it usually grow in forests and meadows in subalpine and alpine climates.

Description

This is a perennial grass without rhizomes which form tufts and bunches up to about 50 centimeters in maximum height, but generally shorter. The small, sparse leaves are mainly located at the base of the stems. The inflorescence is small, scattered and reddish, with spikelet about half a centimeter long.

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Image:Calamagrostis breweri Brewers reed grass clump.jpg

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