Pleuropogon
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Pleuropogon is a genus of grasses
known generally as semaphore grass. There are five species, all native to western North America, with one extending into eastern Asia. These are erect grasses with drooping leaves. They grow in wet areas, sometimes even to the point of being partially submerged at times.
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Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known generally as semaphore grass. There are five species, all native to western North America, with one extending into eastern Asia. These are erect grasses with drooping leaves. They grow in wet areas, sometimes even to the point of being partially submerged at times.
Selected species:
- Pleuropogon californicusPleuropogon californicusPleuropogon 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....
- annual semaphore grass - Pleuropogon hooverianusPleuropogon hooverianusPleuropogon hooverianus is a rare species of grass known by the common name North Coast semaphoregrass. It is endemic to northern California, where it is known from Mendocino, Marin, and Sonoma Counties. It grows in moist marshy areas and shady redwood forests. It is a erect perennial grass growing...
- North Coast semaphore grass - Pleuropogon oregonus - Oregon semaphore grass
- Pleuropogon refractusPleuropogon refractusPleuropogon refractus is a species of grass known by the common name nodding semaphoregrass. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist meadows, marshy areas, and shady forests.-Description:Pleuropogon refractus is a...
- nodding semaphore grass - Pleuropogon sabinei - false semaphore grass