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Eriocoma coronata
Also called Crested Needle Grass
Eriocoma coronata, formerly classified as Achnatherum coronatum, is a greenish species of grass known by the common name crested needlegrass, giant ricegrass, and giant stipa.
The grass is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows on the coastal and inland hills, often in chaparral, oak woodland, and yellow pine forest plant communities. It grows from sea level to 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in elevation. Eriocoma coronata is found in the Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, southern Outer California Coast Ranges, and the Channel Islands.
Richardson's needlegrass · Sleepygrass · Mormon Needlegrass · Indian Ricegrass · Wide Glumed Needle Grass · Lemmon's Needlegrass · Letterman's Needlegrass · Nelson's Needlegrass · Stiff Needlegrass · Parish's Needlegrass · Pinewoods Needle Grass · Thurber's Needlegrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriocoma coronata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
