Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Calamagrostis bolanderi is a species of grass known by the common name Bolander's reedgrass. It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in moist coastal habitat such as temperate coniferous forest, wet meadows and bogs, and coastal scrub. This is a perennial grass growing to heights between 0.5 and 1.5 meters, each erect stem generally with four nodes. It has flat leaves and open, spreading flower clusters of very small spikelets. Each spikelet is made up of one floret surrounded by a v-shaped pair of smooth leafs.

Plant type

Grass

Size

2 - 5 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Sunset Zones

4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 24

Site type

Wet places

Plant communities

Closed-cone Pine Forest, Freshwater Marsh, North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Apamea maxima

Arctic Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon