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 Plant - fall Commerce Dr, PrescottSue Smith |  Blades w/hairs Mint Wash - Tr 345Sue Smith |  Seedhead Pioneer ParkwaySue Smith |  Spikelet Pioneer ParkwaySue Smith | | |
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Origin: Native Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Found on rocky slopes, open plains, and shaded openings in woods, often on rocky soils.
Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 4000 - 6500 feet
Similar Species: Bouteloua gracilis
Desc:
Tufted bunchgrass, numerous 10 to 24 inch tall erect, leafy based seedheads with up to 4 comb-like branches, branch tips exceeding the spikelets.
Identification Notes: Tufted erect perennial, sometimes stoloniferous. Stems and sheath hairy. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves basal, mostly flat, margins hairy at bases. Seedheads of up to 4 branches of one-sided spikelets, branch tips extend beyond the spikelets.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: Y
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 12 to 24 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - comblike branches Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Aug - Oct
Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: Y
Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: Y Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead typically has 2, sometimes 3 or 4 hairy comb-like branches with up to 50 one-sided spikelets. The spikelet branches extend beyond the spikelets as a naked point. Spikelets are green to dark purple; glumes are awn-tipped.
Blade Hairy:
Y
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Flat or involute
Blade Notes:
Leaves are mostly basal, <1/8 inch wide, 1 to 5 inches long, and flat to inrolled with hairs often present on both surfaces, usually also present on the bases of the margins.
Sheath Hairy:
N
Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar:
Y
Ligules:
Hairy
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area:
N
Forage Value:
Very good, one of the most important Arizona range grasses.
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