Poa howellii
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Poa howellii is a species of grass known by the common name Howell's bluegrass.
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to throughout California. It grows in rocky areas in woodlands and chaparral, as well as disturbed areas.
Description
Poa howellii is an annual bunchgrass growing in dense, narrow tufts up to 80 centimeters tall.
The inflorescence is a series of whorls of branches bearing spikelets, the branches growing appressed to the stem and then spreading out from the stem as the spikelets mature.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9207,9223 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POHO6 USDA Plants Profile]
- [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Poa_howellii&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Poa+howellii Photo gallery]
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Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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