Green, Brown or No Flowers
American Pillwort
common name: American Pillwort
scientific name: Pilularia americana
family: Marsileaceae (marsilea)
habitat: vernal pools, wet grassland
size: entire plant about 5 cm tall
Little Quaking Grass
common name: Little Quaking Grass
scientific name: Briza minor
family: Poaceae (grass)
habitat: grassland (moist)
size: plant up to 6 inches tall; floret 3 to 4 mm across
Medusahead
common name: Medusahead
scientific name: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
family: Poaceae (grass)
habitat: grassland, disturbed areas
size: plant 6 to 10 inches tall; floret 5 to 8 cm including awns
Pale Spikerush
common name: Pale Spikerush
scientific name: Eleocharis macrostachya
family: Cyperaceae (rush)
habitat: vernal pools, wetlands
size: Plants are up to 24 inches tall; stem looks like a long green straw with a tiny pine cone-like flower at the tip.
Purple Needlegrass
common name: Purple Needlegrass
scientific name: Nassella pulchra
family: Poaceae (grass)
habitat: grassland
size: plants up to 2 feet tall
Water Starwort
common name: Water Starwort
scientific name: Callitriche marginata
family: Callitrichaceae (water starwort)
habitat: vernal pools, wet areas
size: Clusters of floating leaves are 1.0 to 1.5 cm across.
Woolly Marbles
common name: Woolly Marbles
scientific name: Psilocarphus brevissimus
family: Asteraceae (sunflower)
habitat: vernal pools
size: plant up to 4 inches tall, each "marble" 1 to 2 cm across
