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Golden Hair Grass

Nassella laevissima

Photo by misako
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Field Notes

Description:

Nassella (Needle Grass) is a New World genus of about 115 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin name nassa means "wicker basket" or "net.
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Habitat:

UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens, Berkeley, CA.

Reference Links:

Nassella laevissima - Overview, Nassella

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Comments (6)
misako
@Emma--I hope you got a photo of the frogs--that would be great to see. I saw a coyote when I was at Mt. Diablo, but is scurried away before I could get a photo.
HemaShah
While driving around the marine mammal center after the rains, I saw that the road was full of frogs. Saw a coyote on the side of the rode.
misako
@Emma: wow! Would love to see a swarm of butterflies! Definitely keep me posted on the creeks and streams. Would love to see cranes and storks!
HemaShah
The butterflies I have seen so far are the Vanessa and the monarch. I heard that the La Fayette reservoir has some other varieties. I saw the red admiral once near Pixie Land but it flew away. i remember seeing thousands and thousands of butterflies at Crater lake. they would just swarm all over the car and were all over the wind shield. i don't remember the species though. That was about 5 years ago. Never took pics! i trained here and that brought out some snails . Stepped on one . Feel miserable about it!! if we get good rains , i will let you know how the creeks are doing here. The rains are supposed to bring in cranes and storks. Will see.
misako
@Emma: it was at the top of the gardens near the Old Rose Garden. That is where I spent most of my time last summer looking for butterflies.
HemaShah
The gardens are fairly big. Did not see this section!

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PublishedJanuary 20, 2012

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