Smilo Grass *

Stipa miliacea var. miliacea

TJM1: Piptatherum miliaceum.
Other scientific names: Oryzopsis miliacea.

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: millet mountain rice, rice grass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.

Photographs from SMMNRA: burned chaparral, June 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native.

Note: Invasive exotic.