FRIENDS OF THE DUNES
A Photographic Guide to Plants of
Humboldt Bay Dunes and Wetlands
Compiled by Gordon Leppig and Andrea Pickart
Release 2.0
April 2018
Poaceae
Scientific Name
Agrostis hallii
Common Name
Hall's bentgrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Agrostis microphylla
Common Name
little-leaf bentgrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Agrostis stolonifera
Common Name
creeping bentgrass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
BM, AW, FM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Aira praecox
Common Name
yellow hairgrass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS, SW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Aira caryophyllea
Common Name
silver hairgrass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS, SW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Ammophila arenaria
Common Name
European beach grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Anthoxanthum occidentale
Common Name
western sweetgrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Common Name
sweet vernal grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS, SW, AW, FS, CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Avena sativa
Common Name
common oats
Close-up
Status
E
Occurs
HBNWR
Habitat
AW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Briza maxima
Common Name
big quaking grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS, SW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Briza minor
Common Name
little quaking grass
Close-up
Status
E
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW, FM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Bromus carinatus var. carinatus
Common Name
mountain brome
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Bromus diandrus
Common Name
ripgut brome
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS, SW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Bromus hordeaceus
Common Name
soft chess
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, BM , SW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Bromus maritimus
Common Name
California brome
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Calamagrostis nutkaensis
Common Name
reedgrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF, BM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Cortaderia jubata
Common Name
jubata grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, SW, CDF, RF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Cynodon dactylon
Common Name
bermuda grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
N/A
Habitat
DM, DS, AW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Cynosurus echinatus
Common Name
dogtail grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS, CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Dactylis glomerata
Common Name
orchard-grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF, AW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. holciformis
Common Name
coastal tufted hair-grass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
BM,SM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Distichlis spicata
Common Name
saltgrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SM, BM, SW, AW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
Common Name
Jepson's blue wildrye
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
N/A
Habitat
CDF, AW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Elymus mollis ssp. mollis
Common Name
dune wild-rye
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Elymus xvancouverensis
Common Name
Vancouver wild-rye
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
AW, DM, BM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Festuca bromoides
Common Name
brome fescue
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, DS
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Festuca occidentalis
Common Name
western fescue
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Festuca rubra
Common Name
red fescue
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM, CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Holcus lanatus
Common Name
common velvetgrass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
AW, SW, FM, CDF
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum
Common Name
meadow barley
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR
Habitat
BM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Hordeum jubatum
Common Name
foxtail barley
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
BM, SM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Parapholis incurva
Common Name
curved sicklegrass
Close-up
Status
E
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
​Parapholis strigosa
Common Name
hairy sickle grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Poa annua
Common Name
annual blue grass
Close-up
Status
E
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF, DM, DS, AW
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Poa confinis
Common Name
coastline bluegrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Poa macrantha
Common Name
large-flowered sand-dune blue grass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
DM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Polypogon maritimus
Common Name
Mediterranean beard grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR
Habitat
SW, FM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Polypogon monspeliensis
Common Name
rabbitsfoot grass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SW, FM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Puccinellia nutkaensis
Common Name
Alaska alkali grass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Spartina densiflora
Common Name
dense-flowered cordgrass
Close-up
Status
E, I
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
SM, BM
Other
N/A
Scientific Name
Trisetum canescens
Common Name
nodding oatgrass
Close-up
Status
N
Occurs
HBNWR, Lanphere, Ma-le'l
Habitat
CDF
Other
N/A
