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Achnatherum coronatum is a greenish species of grass known by the common name crested needlegrass. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows on the coastal and inland hills, often in chaparral plant communities. This is a perennial grass forming loose bunches up to about two meters in maximum height, but usually shorter. It is similar to its relative, Achnatherum parishii, and the two intergrade in many characteristics and are easily confused. The grass bears a generous flower cluster up to 60 centimeters long with large spikelets up to 2 centimeters long each, not including an awn of up to 4.5 centimeters. The awn has two distinct kinks.
Grass
4 - 7 ft Tall
Brown
Deer resistant
Full Sun
Very Low
Moderate
Fast
Usually found in rocky, sandy or gravelly soil.
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
7, 11, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22*, 23*
Gravelly or rocky slopes
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Juba Skipper
Hesperia juba
Nevada Skipper
Hesperia nevada
Uncas Skipper
Hesperia uncas