Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the Liebre Mountains,
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Poaceae
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lamarck
"COW SPRING POND": sag pond on the San Andreas
Fault Zone at the N foot of Liebre Mtn and on the S side
of West Oakdale Canyon Road, ca 100 m W of the Cow
Spring Canyon drainage. Liebre Mountain 7.5' USGS
Quadrangle. 34°44'12"N 118°38’45"W. Elevation ca
3770-3790 feet.
Low, wet (but dessicating) sink area surrounded by large,
old Quercus lobata trees; sink dominated by Juncus balticus,
Chenopodium rubrum, Scirpus acutus occidentalis, with margins
containing scattered Typha domingensis, Salix, etc.
Annual, localized on mud flats toward W end of pond.
Timothy S. Ross 8329
Steve Boyd
21 Sept. 1994
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