Calflora: Puccinellia californica

Taxon Report 6937

Puccinellia californica (Beetle) Munz (not an active name; please see Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora)

Sierra nevada alkali grass

Puccinellia californica, a monocot, is a perennial grass (rhizomatous) that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Family:	POACEAE
Genus:	Puccinellia

Communities:	Subalpine Forest, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

PLANTS accepted name:	Torreyochloa californica
TJM2 accepted name:	Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora

NOTE: Puccinellia californica is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Puccinellia californica


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (TOCA2)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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