Jointed Goatgrass *
Aegilops cylindrica

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOAT GRASS.

Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, grassland. July 2012.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Spike Bent Grass
Agrostis exarata

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: spike redtop.
Generic common name: BENT GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Redtop *
Agrostis gigantea

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant bentgrass, creeping bentgras.
Generic common name: BENT GRASS.

Location: Upper Zuma Canyon: riparian woodland, Aug 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Dune Bent Grass
Agrostis pallens

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: thingrass, seashore bentgrass.
Generic common name: BENT GRASS.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: near Serrano Cyn Trail, Chaparral, May 2014.

Characteristics: Native.

Silver Hair Grass *
Aira caryophyllea

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: silver European hairgrass, shiver grass, silvery hairgrass, silver aira.
Generic common name: EUROPEAN HAIRGRASS.

Location: Backbone trail near Piuma Road, Oak woodland, April 2013.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Pacific Foxtail
Alopecurus saccatus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pacific meadow foxtail.
Generic common name: FOXTAIL.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

European Beachgrass *
Ammophila arenaria ssp. arenaria

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BEACHGRASS.

Location: Sandy beaches, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Southwestern Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: roughglume bushy bluestem, beardgrass, bushy beardgrass.
Generic common name: BLUESTEM.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Six-week Three-awn
Aristida adscensionis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: THREE-AWN.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

Parish Three-awn
Aristida purpurea var. parishii

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: purple threeawn.
Generic common name: THREE-AWN.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Giant Reed *
Arundo donax

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant cane.
Generic common name: GIANT REED.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: maintenance area near PCH, July 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Slender Wild Oats *
Avena barbata

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: OATS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, disturbed shoulder margin, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Wild Oats *
Avena fatua

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: OATS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Cultivated Oat *
Avena sativa

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: common oats.
Generic common name: OATS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed grassy field near park buildings, April 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUESTEM.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Chumash Trail, coastal sage scrub, Feb 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Purple Falsebrome *
Brachypodium distachyon

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FALSE BROME.

Location: Mulholland Highway, disturbed roadside, May 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Annual Quaking Grass *
Briza minor

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: lesser quakinggrass, little rattlesnake grass, little quakinggrass.
Generic common name: QUAKING GRASS.

Location: July 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Australian Chess *
Bromus arenarius

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Australian brome, sand brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Arizona Brome *
Bromus arizonicus

TJM1: Bromus trinii var. excelsus.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Chilean Chess *
Bromus berteroanus

TJM1: Bromus trinii.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Diamond X Ranch: disturbed landscaping near new construction, oak woodland, 2013.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Not yet seen flowering (or even alive).

Rescue Grass *
Bromus catharticus var. catharticus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Rocky Oaks: disturbed area near parking lot, March 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Ripgut Grass *
Bromus diandrus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: ripgut grass, bromegrass, great brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Soft Brome *
Bromus hordeaceus

Other scientific names: Bromus mollis.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: soft chess.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Foxtail Chess *
Bromus madritensis ^◊

TJM1: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis.
TJM2: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis.
A N F: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Lake Eleanor Open Space: grassland, April 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

This subspecies of Bromus madritensis now raised to binomial rank in the Jepson eFlora. See also Bromus rubens.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Woodland Brome
Bromus pseudolaevipes

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: coast range brome, southern chinook brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Latigo Canyon Road margin near Newton Canyon, oak woodland, June 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Red Brome *
Bromus rubens ^◊

TJM1: Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens.
TJM2: Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens.
A N F: Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: compact brome, Madrid brome, foxtail chess, foxtail brome, Spanish brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

This subspecies of Bromus madritensis now raised to binomial rank in the Jepson eFlora.

Note: Invasive exotic.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

California Brome
Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus ^◊

TJM1: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
TJM2: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
F N A: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
A N F: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: mountain brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Open Space near Ladyface Mountain: oak savanna, May 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Poverty Brome *
Bromus sterilis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: sterile brome, barren brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Cheat Grass *
Bromus tectorum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: downy brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.

Location: Paramount Ranch, valley grassland, March 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Feather Finger Grass *
Chloris virgata

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: feather windmill-grass.
Generic common name: WINDMILL GRASS.

Location: Sept 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Uruguayan Pampas Grass *
Cortaderia selloana

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pampas grass.
Generic common name: PAMPAS GRASS.

Location: PCH road margin: coastal sage scrub, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Bermuda Grass *
Cynodon dactylon

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BERMUDA GRASS, DOG'S-TOOTH GRASS.

Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: intermittently flooded gravel bed near creek, June 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Bristly Dogtail Grass *
Cynosurus echinatus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: hedgehog dogtail grass, annual dogtail.
Generic common name: DOGTAIL GRASS.

Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, July 2012.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Orchard Grass *
Dactylis glomerata

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: ORCHARD GRASS.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, April 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Durban Crowfoot *
Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: crowfoot grass, Egyptian grass.
Generic common name: CROWFOOT GRASS.

Location: Chatsworth open space, Spring 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Southern Crab grass *
Digitaria ciliaris var. ciliaris

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CRABGRASS.

Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Smooth Crab grass *
Digitaria ischaemum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CRABGRASS.

Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Shoregrass
Distichlis littoralis

TJM1: Monanthochloe littoralis.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SALTGRASS.

Location: Point Mugu Lagoon: tidal salt marsh, May 2008.

Characteristics: Native.

Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SALTGRASS.

Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, Sept 2008.

Characteristics: Native.

Barnyard Grass *
Echinochloa crus-galli

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: watergrass.
Generic common name: COCKSPUR GRASS.

Location: Ventura County disturbed roadsides and agricultural areas, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Panic Veldtgrass *
Ehrharta erecta

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: upright veldt grass.
Generic common name: VELDTGRASS.

Location: Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

India Goosegrass *
Eleusine indica

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOOSE GRASS.

Location: Pacific Coast Highway near Point Dume: perennially damp disturbed road margin, June 2012.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Medusahead *
Elymus caput-medusae

TJM1: Taeniatherum caput-medusae.
A N F: Elymus caput-medusae ssp. caput-medusae.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail trailhead, disturbed thin soiled grassland, May 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.

Giant Wild Rye
Elymus condensatus

TJM1: Leymus condensatus.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant rye, giant ryegrass.
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, May 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland east of Malibu Canyon Road, June 2009.

Characteristics: Native.

Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Tall Wheat Grass *
Elymus ponticus

TJM1: Elytrigia pontica.
TJM2: Elymus ponticus.
F N A: Thinopyrum ponticum.
Other scientific names: Elytrigia elongata, Elymus elongatus var. ponticus, Agropyron elongatum.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: rush wheat grass.
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: grassy field near the La Jolla Valley Loop Trail, June 2012.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Beardless Wild Rye
Elymus triticoides ssp. triticoides

TJM1: Leymus triticoides.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: creeping wild rye, valley wild rye.
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.

Location: King Gillette Ranch: Native Plant Garden, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Native.

Mediterranean Lovegrass *
Eragrostis barrelieri

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.

Location: Santa Rosa Valley: disturbed agricultural areas, Sept 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Teal Lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: creeping lovegrass.
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Mexican lovegrass
Eragrostis mexicana ssp. virescens

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Orcutt's eragrostis, chilean love grass.
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Tall Fescue *
Festuca arundinacea

F N A: Schedonorus arundinaceus.
Other scientific names: Lolium arundinaceum, Schedonorus phoenix.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Paramount Ranch: low areas near the creek, June 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic
Many cultivated varieties, some used as turf grass, frequently escaped.

Brome Fescue *
Festuca bromoides

TJM1: Vulpia bromoides.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: European foxtail fescue, six weeks fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Elmer Fescue
Festuca elmeri

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: coast fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, May 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys

TJM1: Vulpia microstachys.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Pacific fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: oak woodland, April 2009.

Characteristics: Native.

Rat-tail Fescue *
Festuca myuros

TJM1: Vulpia myuros.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: foxtail fescue, rattail sixweeks grass.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Sixweeks Grass
Festuca octoflora

TJM1: Vulpia octoflora.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: slender fescue, six weeks fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Perennial Ryegrass *
Festuca perennis

TJM1: Lolium perenne.
Other scientific names: Lolium multiflorum.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Italian ryegrass, annual ryegrass.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Rocky Oaks: miscellaneous trails, disturbed grassland, June 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

The combination of the previously separated annual and perennial species into this one species is discussed in A N F.

Darnel *
Festuca temulenta

TJM1: Lolium temulentum.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: tares.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Nit Grass *
Gastridium phleoides

TJM1: Gastridium ventricosum.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: NIT GRASS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo section of the Backbone Trail, chaparral, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

California Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: California meadow barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Dwarf Barley
Hordeum depressum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: low barley, alkali barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008.

Characteristics: Native.

Bobtail Barley
Hordeum intercedens

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: little barley, vernal barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

Status:  C N P S  List 3.2
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Mediterranean Barley *
Hordeum marinum ssp. gussoneanum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Channel Islands, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Wall Barley *
Hordeum murinum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: mouse barley, farmer's foxtail, foxtail barley, smooth barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Piuma Road, disturbed roadside, Jan 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Cultivated Barley *
Hordeum vulgare

TJM1: Not Listed.
A N F: Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: common barley, barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trailhead, disturbed annual grassland, Feb 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: JUNE GRASS.

Location: Open Space near Ladyface Mountain: oak/grassland interface, May 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Goldentop *
Lamarckia aurea

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOLDENTOP.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Bearded Sprangletop
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis

TJM1: Leptochloa fascicularis.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SPRANGLETOP.

Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, Aug 2010.

Characteristics: Native.

Mexican Sprangletop
Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia

TJM1: Leptochloa uninervia.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SPRANGLETOP.

Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, Aug 2010.

Characteristics: Native.

California Melic
Melica californica

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: ONION GRASS, MELIC.

Location: Disturbed grassy field near Cornell Corners, April 2010.

Characteristics: Native.

Little California Melica
Melica imperfecta

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: ONION GRASS, MELIC.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: chaparral, March 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Scratch Grass
Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: alkali muhly.
Generic common name: MUHLY.

Location: Malibu Creek streamside: riparian woodland, near Rindge dam, Oct 2009.

Characteristics: Native.

Littleseed Muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: annual muhly.
Generic common name: MUHLY.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: MUHLY.

Location: Rocky Oaks: Pond Trail, oak savannah, Sept 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Witch Grass
Panicum capillare

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: PANIC GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Curved Sicklegrass *
Parapholis incurva

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SICKLE GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Dallis Grass *
Paspalum dilatatum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, Sept 2007.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Knot Grass *
Paspalum distichum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: thompsongrass.
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Seashore Paspalum *
Paspalum vaginatum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.

Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: tidal salt marsh, dec 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Kikuyu Grass *
Pennisetum clandestinum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.

Location: Cultivated residential lawn turf occasionally escaped where moisture adequate, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Fountain Grass *
Pennisetum setaceum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: crimson fountaingrass.
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: PCH disturbed road margin and bluffs, May 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Feathertop *
Pennisetum villosum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.

Location: Pacific Coast Highway near Mugu State Park: disturbed road margin, July 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Harding Grass *
Phalaris aquatica

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: bulbous canarygrass.
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.

Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Annual Canary Grass *
Phalaris canariensis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Lesser Canarygrass *
Phalaris minor

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: littleseed canarygrass, Mediterranean canarygrass.
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.

Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Hooded Canarygrass *
Phalaris paradoxa

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.

Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Annual Bluegrass *
Poa annua

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.

Location: Paramount Ranch: low areas near the creek, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Bulbous Bluegrass *
Poa bulbosa var. vivipara ^◊

TJM1: Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara.
TJM2: Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara.
F N A: Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara.
A N F: Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Fowl Bluegrass *
Poa palustris

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: fowl meadow grass.
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Secund Bluegrass
Poa secunda

A N F: Poa secunda ssp. secunda.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Nevada bluegrass, Sandberg blue grass, one-sided blue grass, pine bluegrass, pacific blue grass.
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

A complex group of perennial bunch grasses, also prone to hybridization with other grasses. These photos have not been examined carefully for specific IDs. For more information, see the endnotes in the ANF description.

Ditch Beardgrass *
Polypogon interruptus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: ditch rabbitsfoot grass.
Generic common name: BEARD GRASS, RABBITSFOOT GRASS.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: permanent wet seep just above the beach, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Rabbitsfoot Grass *
Polypogon monspeliensis

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: annual beard grass, annual rabbitsfoot grass.
Generic common name: BEARD GRASS, RABBITSFOOT GRASS.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland, June 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Water Beardgrass *
Polypogon viridis

TJM1: Agrostis viridis.
Other scientific names: Agrostis semiverticillata.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: green bentgrass, water bent.
Generic common name: BEARD GRASS, RABBITSFOOT GRASS.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: creekside near Mott Road, riparian woodland, June 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

European Alkali Grass *
Puccinellia distans

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: weeping alkaligrass.
Generic common name: ALKALI GRASS.

Location: Calabasas Open Space: seasonal seep, April 2012.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Arabian Schismus *
Schismus arabicus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Schismus.
Generic common name: MEDITERRANEAN GRASS.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Mesa Peak Motorway, disturbed road margin, chaparral, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Common Mediterranean Grass *
Schismus barbatus

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Old Han Schismus.
Generic common name: MEDITERRANEAN GRASS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed rocky soil near the Contact Station, coastal sage scrub, Feb 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Bur Bristle Grass *
Setaria adhaerens

F N A: Setaria adhaerans.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: tropical barbed bristlegrass.
Generic common name: BRISTLEGRASS.

Location: Oct 2008.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Knotroot Bristle Grass
Setaria parviflora

TJM1: Setaria gracilis.
Other scientific names: Setaria geniculata.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BRISTLEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Yellow Foxtail *
Setaria pumila

Other scientific names: Setaria lutescens.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pigeongrass.
Generic common name: BRISTLEGRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Sorghum *
Sorghum bicolor

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: milo, grain sorghum, Sudan grass.
Generic common name: SORGHUM.

Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Dec 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.

Johnson Grass *
Sorghum halepense

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SORGHUM.

Location: Occasional weed especially where adequate moisture is available, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.

California Cord Grass
Sporobolus foliosus ^◊

TJM1: Spartina foliosa.
TJM2: Spartina foliosa.
F N A: Spartina foliosa.
A N F: Spartina foliosa.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: DROPSEED, SACATON.

Location: Mugu Lagoon: mud flat in the salt marsh, Nov 2010.

Characteristics: Native.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Modest Prickle Grass *
Sporobolus niliacus ^◊

TJM1: Crypsis vaginiflora.
TJM2: Crypsis vaginiflora.
F N A: Crypsis vaginiflora.
A N F: Crypsis vaginiflora.
Other scientific names: Crypsis niliacea.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: African pricklegrass.
Generic common name: DROPSEED, SACATON.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Swamp Prickle Grass *
Sporobolus schoenoides ^◊

TJM1: Crypsis schoenoides.
TJM2: Crypsis schoenoides.
F N A: Crypsis schoenoides.
A N F: Crypsis schoenoides.
Other scientific names: Heleochloa schoenoides.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: DROPSEED, SACATON.

Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: dried algae-mat in creekbed, Sept 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Nodding Needlegrass
Stipa cernua

TJM1: Nassella cernua.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: Parking lot margin, May 2011.

Characteristics: Native.

Giant Stipa
Stipa coronata

TJM1: Achnatherum coronatum.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant ricegrass, giant needlegrass, crested needlegrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

Foothill Needlegrass
Stipa lepida

TJM1: Nassella lepida.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: small flowered needlegrass, small flowered stipa, smallflower tussockgrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

Smilo Grass *
Stipa miliacea var. miliacea

TJM1: Piptatherum miliaceum.
Other scientific names: Oryzopsis miliacea.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: millet mountain rice, rice grass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, June 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Purple Needlegrass
Stipa pulchra

TJM1: Nassella pulchra.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: purple stipa, purple tussockgrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native.

Bearded Bread Wheat *
Triticum aestivum

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: wheat, club wheat.
Generic common name: WHEAT, GOAT GRASS.

Location: Rocky Oaks: oak woodland, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native.