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Howell's reedgrass
Scientific Name: Calamagrostis howellii
Family: Poaceae
Category: Monocot
Growth: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Howell's Reedgrass (Calamagrostis howellii)
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Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Calamagrostis howellii Vasey
- Common Name: Howell's Reedgrass
- Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
- Genus: Calamagrostis (Small-reed or Reedgrass)
- TSN: 40537 (ITIS)
Distribution and Habitat
- Found on cliffs along the Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge.
- Endemic to rocky banks and crevices of cliffs.
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- Duration: Perennial
- Growth Habit: Graminoid
Related Species
- Other species in the Calamagrostis genus include:
- Calamagrostis canadensis (Canadian Small-reed, Bluejoint)
- Calamagrostis hyperborea (Northern Reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis stricta (narrowspike reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis koelerioides (Dense Pine Reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis ophitidis (serpentine reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis porteri (Hollow Reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis coarctata (arctic reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis sequiflora (1 & 1/2 flowered reedgrass)
- Calamagrostis bolanderi (Bolander's reedgrass)