Species Detail Grasses

Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Panicum obtusum - vine mesquite Synonyms: Hopia obtusa Other Common Names: vine mesquite grass, vine-mesquite Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae
Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Warm Habitat Description: Found in periodically wet soils in grasslands; disturbed areas; along stream banks, ditches, roadsides, pastures. Plant Communities:Semidesert Grasslands, Riparian, Disturbed Areas Elevation: 1000 - 6000 feet General Description Desc: Bluish-green stoloniferous and sometimes rhizomatous, up to 2-1/2 feet tall grass that forms dense stands. Stems are wiry and smooth with swollen and densely hairy nodes. Identification Notes: Stolons to 3 feet, stems to 2-1/2 feet, collars densely hairy. Blades bluish-green flat or involute, prominent white mid-vein. Seedhead narrow; short appressed branches; spikelets rounded, 2-flowered; glumes similar in length; glumes,lemma not hairy. Grass Type: Perennial mat or sod-forming Rhizomes: Y Stolons: Y Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: 24 to 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: May - Oct 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 narrow and contracted with short simple, appressed branches. Spikelets are 2-flowered with one fertile floret. Spikelets are wrapped in bracts with vertical green veins, the purple stigmas usually peeking out before seeds ripen. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat or involute Blade Notes: Blades are 2 to 8 inches long, flat or loosely inrolled and light bluish-green in color. The mid-vein is white and prominent. 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: Fair to good for wildlife and livestock. Quail and doves eat the seed in the fall and early winter.


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