Pleuropogon hooverianus information

Pleuropogon hooverianus
Conservation status
Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Pleuropogon
Species:	P. hooverianus
Binomial name
Pleuropogon hooverianus (L.D.Benson) J.T.Howell

Pleuropogon hooverianus is a rare species of grass known by the common name North Coast semaphoregrass. It is endemic to northern California, where it is known from Mendocino, Marin, and Sonoma Counties. It grows in moist marshy areas and shady redwood forests. It is an erect perennial grass growing to a maximum height between one and 1.6 meters. The inflorescence bears widely spaced narrowly cylindrical spikelets which hang sideways off the stem, resembling semaphore signals. Each spikelet may be up to 4.5 centimeters long and may contain up to 16 flowers.