Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Scientific name Calamagrostis ophitidis Rank Species | Order Poales Genus Calamagrostis Higher classification Calamagrostis | |
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Similar Calamagrostis bolanderi, Calamagrostis, Grasses, Calamagrostis nutkaensis, Calamagrostis montanensis | ||
Calamagrostis ophitidis, serpentine reedgrass, is a species of bunch grass in the Poaceae family.
It is endemic to California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the mountain slopes north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
It is a perennial grass forming clumps reaching heights between 60 centimeters and three feet/one meter. The inflorescence is a dense, thinly bushy array of rough, pale-colored spikelets.
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