Calamagrostis densa Calamagrostis koelerioides, the fire reedgrass, dense-pine reedgrass, or the pineland reed grass,[2] is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to western North America.
[3] It is found in many habitat types, including mountain meadows, chaparral, pine and spruce forests, and on slopes, dry hills, and ridges.
[2] Calamagrostis koelerioides is a perennial bunch grass with culms growing up to 80 cm (31 in) long.
The inflorescence is a dense array of spikelets with the individual branches bunched parallel along the stem.
Each rough spikelet is about 6 mm (0.24 in) long and has a stiff, bent or twisted awn.