Species Detail Grasses

Plant - summer Red Rock Crossing, Sedona - Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Echinochloa crus-galli - Barnyard grass Synonyms: Panicum crus-galli Other Common Names: Cockspur, Japanese millet, Large barnyard grass, Watergrass Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Introduced Season: Warm Habitat Description: Frequently found as a weed in irrigated fields and ditches; grows in moist, disturbed sites. Plant Communities:Disturbed Areas Elevation: 2000 - 7000 feet General Description Desc: Coarse annual 20 to 48 inches tall. Rough bristly seedhead. Identification Notes: Annual plant with stems 1-1/2 to 4 feet tall, spreading, erect; blades to 25 inches long, 1-1/4 inches wide, usually hairless; sheaths hairless; ligules absent; bristles and long hairs of the seedhead conspicuous. Grass Type: Annual Rhizomes: N Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: 24 to 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: Jul - Sep Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: 1/4 inch to 1 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Spikelets are covered with stout, spine-like hairs at or below the nodes of the seedhead branches; hairs sometimes longer than the spikelets; two florets per spikelet; fertile floret ovoid. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat Blade Notes: Blades to 26 inches long, 1/4 to 3/4 inch wide, usually smooth without hairs, occasionally sparsely hairy with straight rather stiff hairs. Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Absent Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Poor to fair.


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