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Hairy Orcutt Grass
Orcuttia pilosa
  
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About Hairy Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia pilosa) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Orcuttia pilosa is a rare species of grass known by the common name hairy Orcutt grass. It is endemic to the Central Valley of California, where it grows only in vernal pools, a rare and declining type of habitat. Many known occurrences of the plant have been extirpated as land in the heavily agricultural Central Valley has been altered, and it was federally listed as an endangered species in 1997. In that year there were 25 known remaining populations of the grass, only 12 of which were considered stable. Orcuttia pilosa is a small, densely hairy annual bunchgrass forming tufts up to about 20 centimeters tall when growing erect. The inflorescence is a crowded cluster of overlapping hairy spikelets.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Grasses

Size
Size
7.9 in tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Brown

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 11.7" - 27.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.16" - 0.68", Coldest Month: 48.9" - 49.8", Hottest Month: 74.6" - 76.2", Humidity: 1.61" - 24.15", Elevation: 27" - 385"


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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