California coastal prairie
California coastal prairie, also known as northern coastal grassland, is a grassland plant community of California and Oregon in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome. This ecosystem is found along the Pacific Coast, from as far south as Los Angeles in Southern California to southern Oregon. It typically stretches as far inland as 100 km, and occurs at altitudes of 350 m or lower.
Coastal prairie in the Sonoma Coast State Park north of Jenner
Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes), one of many protected species that inhabits the California coastal prairie.
Lolium arundinaceum, tall fescue is a cool-season perennial C3 species of grass that is native to Europe. It occurs on woodland margins, in grassland and in coastal marshes. It is also an important forage grass with many cultivars that used in agriculture and is used as an ornamental grass in gardens, and sometimes as a phytoremediation plant.
Lolium arundinaceum
Image: Schedonorus arundinaceus Flickr Matt Lavin
Image: Starr 040523 9001 Festuca arundinacea