Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Danthonia americana Scribn.
• (=) Danthonia californica var. americana (Scribn.) Hitchc.
• (-) Danthonia californica var. californica Bol.

Common names:

• California oat grass  (Source: Intermt F) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental: revegetator (restoration of disturbed sites and rangeland fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) wildlife habitat (restoration of disturbed sites and rangeland fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) wildlife habitat (restoration of disturbed sites and rangeland fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), British Columbia (s.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (n.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile


Naturalized

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Massachusetts]

References:

1. Baeza P., C. M. 1996. Los géneros Danthonia DC. y Rhytidosperma Steud. (Poaceae) en América - Una revisión. Sendtnera 3:26.
2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
3. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
5. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
6. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
7. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
8. Linder, H. P. et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97:349.
9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
10. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la flora vascular de Chile.
11. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13211. Accessed 29 June 2024.