Calflora: Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis

Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. fascicularis (Lam.) N. Snow

Bearded sprangletop

Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis, a monocot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Communities:	Valley Grassland, Creosote Bush Scrub, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 3937 feet
Family:	POACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Leptochloa found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Leptochloa fusca.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Diplachne acuminata
PLANTS:	Diplachne fascicularis
PLANTS:	Diplachne maritima
PLANTS:	Leptochloa acuminata
PLANTS:	Leptochloa fascicularis var. acuminata
PLANTS:	Leptochloa fascicularis var. maritima
PLANTS:	Leptochloa fusca var. fascicularis
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Leptochloa fascicularis

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 4 / 1 CCH Butte: 38 / 32 CCH Contra Costa: 5 / 1 CCH Colusa: 7 / 6 CCH Fresno: 15 / 15 CCH Glenn: 11 / 8 CCH Imperial: 2 / 1 CCH Inyo: 4 / 4 CCH Kings: 3 / 3 CCH Kern: 10 / 8 CCH Lassen: 2 / 2 CCH Los Angeles: 13 / 9 CCH Madera: 5 / 4 CCH Mendocino: 3 / 2 CCH Merced: 15 / 12 CCH Monterey: 7 / 6 CCH Marin: 2 / 1 CCH Napa: 1 / 0 CCH Placer: 1 / 0 CCH Riverside: 1 / 1 CCH Sacramento: 6 / 1 CCH Santa Barbara: 15 / 12 CCH San Bernardino: 8 / 8 CCH Santa Cruz: 2 / 1 CCH San Diego: 4 / 4 CCH San Francisco: 4 / 2 CCH Shasta: 1 / 1 CCH San Joaquin: 7 / 6 CCH San Luis Obispo: 8 / 6 CCH Solano: 5 / 1 CCH Sonoma: 3 / 2 CCH Stanislaus: 7 / 7 CCH Sutter: 6 / 6 CCH Tehama: 2 / 2 CCH Tulare: 12 / 11 CCH Ventura: 1 / 0 CCH Yolo: 22 / 22 CCH Yuba: 2 / 2 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (LEFUF)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database