hair grass

genus Aira

Member of grasses (family Poaceae)
grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies (order Poales)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.

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elegant hair grass
Aira elegans

• inflorescence open
• infloresence branches not all the same length
• spikelet stalk ±2–8× spikelet length
• very rare

early hair grass
Aira praecox

• inflorescence compact, spike-like
• very rare

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1 observed taxon / 2 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 6 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Big Basin SP
• Castle Rock SP
• Joseph D. Grant CP
• Nisene Marks SP
• Russian Ridge OSP
• Santa Teresa CP

Months:

• Apr.: 1
• May: 2
• Jun.: 3

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora