California Coastal Prairie - Characteristic Species

Characteristic Species

Characteristic species of this community include:

  • Perennial bunch grasses:
Danthonia
Danthonia californica
Festuca
Festuca californica
Festuca elmeri
Festuca idahoensis
Calamagrostis
Calamagrostis foliosa
Deschampsia
Deschampsia cespitosa
Hordeum
Hordeum brachyantherum
  • Other plants
Bracken fern - Pteridium aquilinum
Douglas iris - Iris douglasiana
Blue dicks - Dichelostemma capitatum
Blue-eyed grass - Sisyrinchium bellum

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