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Poa unilateralis is a species of grass known by the common names San Francisco bluegrass, ocean-bluff bluegrass, and sea-bluff bluegrass. It is native to west coast of the United States from Washington to central California, where it grows in coastal habitats such as bluffs and beaches in sandy saline soils. It is a perennial grass forming dense clumps of stems up to 40 centimeters tall. The herbage may be waxy in texture. The leaves may be thin and early-withering or somewhat fleshy and persistent. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of short branches bearing small, hairy-edged spikelets.

Plant type

Grass

Size

1 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 15 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Roadside-Skipper

Amblyscirtes vialis

Glassy Borer

Apamea devastator

Sachem

Atalopedes campestris

Small Wood-Nymph

Cercyonis oetus