Species Detail Grasses

Plant - winter - Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Eragrostis superba - Wilman lovegrass Other Common Names: sawtooth lovegrass Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Introduced Season: Warm Habitat Description: Rocky slopes, in sandy flats and along roadsides. Plant Communities:Disturbed Areas Elevation: 1575 - 5400 feet General Description Desc: A moderately leafy bunchgrass growing erect from a moderately vigorous and sparsely branched base to a height of about 3 feet. Identification Notes: Tufted perennial; spikelets large, flattened egg-shaped and many flowered, opposite at broad angles; lower stem nodes sprout into offsets or new shoots; sheaths hairy at the apices and on the margins. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass 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: Jun - 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: Seedhead is 4 to 12 inches long. Spikelets are 1/4 to 3/4 inch long, 1/8 to 1/2 inch wide and borne on short pedicels. Spikelets have 4 to 22 florets each. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat or involute Blade Notes: Blades are 3 to 12 inches long and flat to loosely involute; smooth on the bottom and covered with short stiff hairs on the top and sides. Sheath Hairy: Y Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: Y Ligules: Hairy Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Fair.


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