California Coastal Commission, Public Education Program, Upper Newport Bay Plants

Shoregrass
Wiregrass
(Monanthochloe littoralis)

Plant: Grass perennial with creeping, 'wiry' stolens, mat-like, to 6 inches tall
Flowers: Short inconspicuous spikelets near tips of short erect branches, generally concealed by leaves
Leaf: Clustered at nodes, pointed