Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Poa howellii is a species of grass known by the common name Howell's bluegrass. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to throughout California. It grows in rocky areas in woodlands and chaparral, as well as disturbed areas. Poa howellii is an annual bunchgrass growing in dense, narrow tufts up to 80 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a series of whorls of branches bearing spikelets, the branches growing appressed to the stem and then spreading out from the stem as the spikelets mature.

Plant type

Grass

Size

3 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 18 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Roadside-Skipper

Amblyscirtes vialis

Green Cutworm Moth

Anicla infecta

Glassy Borer

Apamea devastator

Sachem

Atalopedes campestris