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.

Swamp Prickle Grass *
Crypsis schoenoides

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

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

Characteristics: non-Native.

Modest Prickle Grass *
Crypsis vaginiflora

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: African pricklegrass.
Generic common name: PRICKLE GRASS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: non-Native.

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

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 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.

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.

Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda

A N F: Poa secunda ssp. secunda.

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

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

Characteristics: Native.

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
Spartina foliosa

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

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

Characteristics: Native.

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.