Species Detail Grasses

Plant - fall		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Eragrostis curvula - weeping lovegrass Synonyms: Eragrostis chloromelas, E. robusta, E. curvula var. conferta & var. curvula Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae
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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Introduced Season: Warm Habitat Description: Grows on rocky slopes, at the margins of woods, along roadsides, and in waste ground. Plant Communities:Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas Elevation: 6000 - 8000 feet General Description Desc: A vigorous-growing bunchgrass with abundant leaves coming from a coarse, dense, basal crown, 2 to 5 feet tall with droopy seedheads. This grass can outcompete natives and become a monoculture. Identification Notes: Perennial; seedhead is lead-colored, branches slender, drooping; lemmas less than 1/16 inch, lateral nerves prominent. Blades taper to fine hair-like brownish threads. Collar hairy. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): Y Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - open and spreading Seedhead Droops: Y Flowering Period: Jun - Aug Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Absent Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead is 10 to 16 inches long, branches 3 to 6 inches long. Branches not bearing spikelets near the bases. Lower axils of the seedhead stem are hairy. Stems of spikelets much shorter than spikelets. Lemma 3-nerved, lateral nerve may be inconspicuous. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Involute Blade Notes: Blades 24 to 48 inches long, drooping, slender, tapering to fine hair-like brownish threads. Bases of the densely clustered young leaves are purplish. 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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