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 Plant - fall West of Granite MtnSue Smith |  Plant - summer Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Leaves Willow Lake TrSue Smith |  Seedhead Willow Lake TrSue Smith | | |
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Origin: Native Season: Cool and Warm
Habitat Description: Grows in open, sandy meadows, canyon bottoms, limestone rocky flats, gypsum flats, and on rolling slopes and roadsides.
Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3500 - 7000 feet
Desc:
Loose sod or mat forming plant, branched from one root. Stems rarely more than 20 inches long. Low plant with widely slender, creeping, scaly rhizomes, main seedhead stems creeping, smooth and shiny, branching and spreading, flowering branches are erect.
Identification Notes: Perennial grass with prominent scaly creeping rhizomes; wide creeping stems and blades conspicuously bent backwards; blades to 1/16 inch wide, short and rolled inward; seedheads narrow, condensed; spikelets on short stems; glumes without hairs.
Grass Type: Perennial mat or sod-forming Rhizomes: Y Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: Less than 12 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Apr - Sep
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: Seedhead usually partially covered by the sheath, erect, seldom over 6 to 10 inches long. Spikelets 1/8 inch long on short appressed stems.
Blade Hairy:
Y
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Involute
Blade Notes:
Blades short, curved like a bow, may be hairy on upper surface. 1/4 to 2-1/4 inches long, narrow rolled inward, smooth or rough on top.
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:
Poor.
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