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- USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.


Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Phleum pratense - Timothy

Plant Form: Grass

Family: Poaceae


   
 
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Spikelet
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Seedhead
Sue Smith
  Grass Description -   Glossary of Grass Terminology

Origin: Introduced    Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Moist soils in meadows, forest openings, roadsides, pastures and disturbed sites.
Plant Communities:Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 4000 - 9500 feet

General Description

Desc: Plants loosely to densely tufted; seedhead stems usually erect, lower internodes frequently enlarged or bulbous.
Identification Notes: Perennial with flat blades. Seedhead narrow, cylindrical, 5 to 20 times as long as wide, sometimes purple tinged.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass  Rhizomes: N  Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): Y  Bushy (highly branched): Y
Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted  Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Jun - Oct
Flower Characteristics

Number of Flowers per Spikelet: One-flowered  Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: Less than 1/4 inch   Three Awns: N  Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedheads 1-1/4 to 6-1/4 inches long, with very short branches; glumes are equal or nearly so, to 1/8 inch long and 3-veined.
Vegetative Charcteristics

Blade Hairy: Y    Blade with White Margins: N    Blade Cross section: Flat
Blade Notes: Blades up to 18 inches long, 5/16 inch wide, margins rough.
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: Provides forage for livestock, deer and elk.

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