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 Plant - fall Willow LakeSue Smith |  Plant - grazed Mahan ParkJohn Kava |  Blades Willow LakeSue Smith |  Seedhead Mahan ParkJohn Kava |  Seedhead Willow LakeSue Smith |  Ligule Willow LakeSue Smith |
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Origin: Native Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Grows in gravelly grasslands, on rocky slopes, woodland and forest openings and in dry meadows on granitic, sandstone, or limestone soils.
Plant Communities:Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4000 - 9000 feet
Desc:
Loose clumps 1 to 2 feet wide, 1/2 to 2 feet high. Stems wiry looking when mature and dried.
Identification Notes: Tufted perennial; clumps to 2 feet wide and tall, wiry stems. Blades flat. Sheaths ridged, smooth, ligule square, membranous. Seedhead dense, narrow, often with gaps of no spikelets. Glumes awn pointed. Lemmas often awn-tipped.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): Y Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 12 to 24 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Jul - Oct
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 spikelike seedheads with appressed branches that are spikelet bearing to the base but often have gaps of no spikelets. Spikelets single flowered, dark green or lead-colored; glumes equal, abruptly narrowed to a sharp point or a very short awn.
Blade Hairy:
Y
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Flat or involute
Blade Notes:
Blades up to 5 inches long, folded or rolled inward at the edges, smooth or slightly hairy.
Sheath Hairy:
Y
Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar:
N
Ligules:
Membranous
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area:
N
Forage Value:
Good.
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