Tuctoria greenei

Taxobox
status = EN
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
subclassis = Commelinidae
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Tuctoria"
species = "T. greenei"
binomial = "Tuctoria greenei"
binomial_authority = (Vasey) Reeder

"Tuctoria greenei" is a monocot in the botanical family Poaceae; this species is an annual herb that is endemic to California. [ [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Tuctoria+greenei Calflora: "Tuctoria greenei"] ] It is included by the California Native Plant Society on list 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered). [California Native Plant Society (2001) "Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California"] It is also listed by the state of California as rare and by the Federal Government as endangered, having been federally listed on March 26, 1997.

This grass typically occurs in vernal pools in open grassland on the eastern side of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. [C.Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau, George Ball et al., "Environmental Assessment for the Claribel and Albers Roads Golf Course and Residential Development, Stanislaus County", Earth Metrics Inc., published by Stanislaus County and the State of California Environmental Clearinghouse, Report number 10540, June 7, 1990]

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