Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Agrostis blasdalei is a species of grass known by the common name Blasdale's bent grass. It is endemic to the coast of northern California, where it grows in habitat along the immediate coastline, such as dunes and bluffs. It is a perennial grass growing in tufts up to 30 centimeters tall. It has short, thready leaves a few centimeters long. The flower cluster is a thin cylindrical array of tiny spikelets, each up to 4 millimeters in length.

Plant type

Grass

Size

1 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Dunes, bluffs, gravelly soils

Plant communities

Coastal Prairie, Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Roadside-Skipper

Amblyscirtes vialis

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Armyworm Moth

Mythimna unipuncta

Sandhill Skipper

Polites sabuleti