Hoover'S Bentgrass

(Agrostis hooveri)

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Description

Agrostis hooveri is a species of grass known by the common name Hoover's bent grass. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from western San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. It grows in woodland and chaparral in hilly terrain. This is a perennial grass growing in tufts 30 to 80 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is an array of thin branches bearing tiny spikelets each a few millimeters long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Genus:Agrostis
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