Species Detail Grasses

Plant - Louisiana State University Vascular Plants. Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Echinochloa crus-pavonis - gulf cockspur grass Other Common Names: gulf barnyard grass Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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Blades F: Botany. Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC)	Seedhead Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase).


	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Introduced Season: Warm Habitat Description: Found in waste places and moist, disturbed sites. Will grow in summer crops and wet places. Plant Communities:Riparian, Disturbed Areas Elevation: Below 7000 feet Similar Species: Echinochloa crus-galli, E. colona General Description Desc: Annual or short-lived perennial grass. Stems can be from 1 to 5 feet tall, seedhead stems sprawling, bent or erect. Identification Notes: Seedheads rebranch, usually droop, often rice-like. Upper lemmas narrowly ovate to elliptical, never with a line of minute hairs which distinguishes it from E. crus-galls. Lower lemmas often awned; upper lemmas scarcely exceeding the glumes. Grass Type: Annual Rhizomes: N 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: Y Flowering Period: Jul - Sep Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedheads are 4 to 12 inches long and erect or often nodding, with a rather soft pinkish or pale purple color. Appears 1-flowered, lower floret is sterile. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat Blade Notes: Blades are 4 to 24 inches long, up to 1 inch wide, and smooth. 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: Low to poor forage value.


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