Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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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.

Plant type

Grass

Size

1 - 3 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

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