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Plant - summer Lynx Lake		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Dactylis glomerata - orchardgrass Other Common Names: cocksfoot Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae
Plant - summer Lynx Lake


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Introduced Season: Cool and Warm Habitat Description: Thrives in moist shaded sites. Found in meadows, orchards, woodland borders, fence rows, pastures, and generally in areas that have undergone disturbance. Plant Communities:Disturbed Areas Elevation: 5000 - 7500 feet General Description Desc: Tall, tufted bunchgrass, very green with drooping leaves. Identification Notes: Densely tufted perennial bunchgrass, 8 to 55 inches tall, triangular seedheads on flattened stems; sheaths without hairs; ligules 1/4 inch long; blades elongate, 1/8 to 1/2 inch wide. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: Y Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: May - Oct Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: Y Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedheads with a few stiff rigid branches; spikelets nearly sessile in dense, 1 sided clusters at the ends of the branches. Seedheads spread only at flowering time. Spikelets 2 to 6 flowered. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat or folded Blade Notes: Prominent rough midrib. Young leaf blades are sharply folded but open out flat as they mature. Leaf edges when rubbed toward the base have a sandpaper like feel. Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Good to excellent for livestock and wildlife.


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