Swallenia

Taxobox
name = "Swallenia alexandrae"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Chloridoideae
genus = "Swallenia"
species = "S. alexandrae"
binomial = "Swallenia alexandrae"
binomial_authority = (Swallen) Söderstr. & Decker
synonyms = "Ectosperma alexandrae"

"Swallenia" is a monotypic genus containing the single species of grass "Swallenia alexandrae", which is known by the common names Eureka dunegrass and Eureka Valley dune grass. This is a rare plant endemic to Inyo County, California, where it is found in a few isolated spots around the Eureka Valley Sand Dunes. This is a tufted perennial grass which grows in sand from thick rhizomes. It is a stiff, sharp-leafed grass with erect pale-colored panicle inflorescences. The main threat to the species survival has been off-roading, which is no longer permitted in its habitat. This genus was named for twentieth-century botanist Jason Richard Swallen.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9310,9311 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SWAL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Swallenia_alexandrae&type=treatment Grass Manual Profile]
* [http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=4171 Plant Conservation Report]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Swallenia+alexandrae Photo gallery]