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Agrostis Densiflora
''Agrostis densiflora'' is a species of grass known by the common name California bent grass. It is endemic to the coast of northern and central California, United States, where it grows in habitat along the immediate coastline, such as dunes and bluffs. Description It is a perennial grass growing in tufts between tall. The small inflorescence is a few centimeters long and is a dense, cylindrical array of tiny spikelets, each up to about in length. References External links * University of California, BerkeleyâJepson Manual Treatment* US Department of AgricultureâPlants Profile* CalPhotos CalPhotos is an online database of natural history photographs, including many useful for identifying wildlife. It is maintained by the University of California, Berkeley. Its images are used by many universities, government agencies, websites, an ...âPhoto gallery densiflora Native grasses of California Endemic flora of California {{Pooideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vasey (botanist)
George Vasey (February 28, 1822 – March 3, 1893) was an English-born American botanist who collected a lot in Illinois before integrating the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), where he became Chief Botanist and curator of the greatly expanded National Herbarium. Biography George Vasey was born in 1822 near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, England, the fourth of ten children. His family emigrated to the United States the next year, and they established in Oriskany, New York. He left school at 12 to take a job as a store clerk. He took interest in botany after borrowing and, since he could not afford the volume, manually copying a book on the subject. This interest was later encouraged after a chance encounter with Peter D. Knieskern, another naturalist who allowed Vasey to begin writing to various other botanists. Until 1870 he would maintain an extensive correspondence and collect a great many specimens both in Oneida County, New York, Oneida County and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |