Orcuttia tenuis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Orcuttia |
Species: | O. tenuis
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Binomial name | |
Orcuttia tenuis Hitchc.
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Orcuttia tenuis, the slender Orcutt grass, is a species of grass which is endemic to northern California.
Description[]
It grows in vernal pool habitat in the western and northern foothills surrounding the Sacramento Valley.
Orcuttia tenuis is a federally listed threatened species.
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Categories:
- Orcuttia
- Endemic flora of California
- Native grasses of California
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Plants described in 1934
- Threatened flora of California
- Chloridoideae stubs