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Willow Lake


Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Lycurus setosus - bristly wolfstail

Synonyms: Lycurus phleoides var. glaucifolius, Muhlenbergia alopecuroides, Pleopogon setosus
Other Common Names: common wolfstail, wolftail,
Plant Form: Grass

Family: Poaceae


   
 
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Plant - fall
Walker Basin - Shipping Lane 4
John Kava
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Willow Lake
Sue Smith
Basal leaves
Willow Lake
Sue Smith
Seedhead
Walker Basin - Shipping Lane 4
John Kava
Seedhead - fall
Willow Lake
Sue Smith
Ligule
Walker Basin - Shipping Lane 4
John Kava
  Grass Description -   Glossary of Grass Terminology


Origin: Native    Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Dry slopes, plains and woodlands, rocky slopes and open mesas.
Plant Communities:Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 2000 - 10000 feet


General Description

Desc: Erect small bunchgrass, stems often branched at nodes, blades usually folded.
Identification Notes: Densely tufted perennial, leaves mostly basal. Blades flat or folded with prominent white mid-ribs, sharp tipped. Ligule membranous and pointed. Seedhead spike-like, cylindrical and bristly. Spikelets paired and fall together, each has one awned floret.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass  Rhizomes: N  Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N  Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 12 to 24 inches
Seedhead Structure: Unbranched  Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Jul - 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: Dense cylindrical spike, 1/4 inch in diameter, 2 to 3 inches long. First glume has 2 to 3 awns. Floret is awned and hairy.
Vegetative Charcteristics

Blade Hairy: N    Blade with White Margins: Y    Blade Cross section: Flat or folded
Blade Notes: Blades 2 to 4 inches long, < 1/16 inch wide, without hairs, smooth or slightly rough below, slightly rough or with rather long stiff hairs above, with prominent whitish midribs and scabrous margins, midribs extending as hair-like bristle.
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: Good to very good forage with moderate to high livestock palatability.


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