Pleuropogon hooverianus

Pleuropogon hooverianus (L. D. Benson) J. T. Howell

North coast semaphore grass, North coast semaphoregrass

2022 Emily R. Allen

2020 Hannah Kang

2022 Emily R. Allen

2001 Bart and Susan Eisenberg

2022 Emily R. Allen

2024 Sadie Hickey

Pleuropogon hooverianus is a perennial grasslike herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere)

State of California status: Threatened.


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Genus:	Pleuropogon
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: meadows, vernal-pools

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands, North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


CNPS + PLANTS	Lophochlaena refracta var. hooverianus
PLANTS	Pleuropogon refractus var. hooverianus

External links:


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) CNPS Rare Plant Inventory: 1B.1 Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)	CalPhotos iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape BONAP (Distribution Map)
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