Calflora: Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia

Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth ssp. uninervia (J. Presl) N. Snow

Mexican sprangletop

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

Communities:	(many plant communities), wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 3280 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:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Diplachne uninervia
PLANTS:	Megastachya uninervia
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Leptochloa uninervia

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 5 / 2 CCH Butte: 7 / 6 CCH Contra Costa: 6 / 4 CCH Fresno: 2 / 2 CCH Glenn: 4 / 3 CCH Imperial: 33 / 31 CCH Inyo: 3 / 2 CCH Kern: 21 / 19 CCH Los Angeles: 51 / 38 CCH Madera: 1 / 1 CCH Merced: 4 / 3 CCH Monterey: 2 / 1 CCH Marin: 1 / 1 CCH Orange: 32 / 26 CCH Riverside: 68 / 62 CCH Santa Barbara: 25 / 24 CCH San Bernardino: 26 / 26 CCH Santa Clara: 1 / 1 CCH San Diego: 56 / 54 CCH Sierra: 1 / 1 CCH San Luis Obispo: 7 / 6 CCH San Mateo: 1 / 0 CCH Solano: 2 / 2 CCH Stanislaus: 1 / 1 CCH Sutter: 1 / 1 CCH Tulare: 13 / 13 CCH Ventura: 29 / 22 CCH Yolo: 5 / 5 CCH

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

Information about Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (LEFUU)
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