Hilaria jamesii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Hilaria
|species = jamesii
|authority = (Torr.) Benth.
|synonyms = Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
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Hilaria jamesii (formerly Pleuraphis jamesii) is a species of grass known by the common name James' galleta.
Range and habitat
It is native to the southwestern United States, where it is widespread in scrub, woodland, grassland, and plateau habitat. It is tolerant of arid environments such as desert floors. It is common in the northern Mojave Desert.Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam Mackay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 285
Growth pattern
It is a rhizomatous perennial grass producing bunches of erect stems about 1 mm wide and up to about 60 cm in maximum height. The woody rhizome is shallow, spreading just under the soil surface, but it may reach 6 ft in length and when dense, helps the grass form a sod.[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/plejam/all.html US Forest Service Fire Ecology] Its stems are not fuzzy like those of its relative, Hilaria rigida.
Flowers
The inflorescence is a series of hairy, rectangular{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} spikelets.
Fruit
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9200,9201 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PLJA USDA Plants Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611095827/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Hilaria_jamesii&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Pleuraphis+jamesii Photo gallery]
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Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Native grasses of the Great Plains region
Category:Native grasses of Nebraska
Category:Native grasses of Oklahoma
Category:Native grasses of Texas
Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Flora of the Great Basin
Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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