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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Setaria leucopila - streambed bristlegrass

Synonyms: Chaetochloa leucopila
Other Common Names: plains bristlegrass, bristlegrass, yellow bristlegrass, yellow foxtail
Plant Form: Grass

Family: Poaceae


   
 
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Village of Oak Creek
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Sycamore Pass, Verde Valley
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  Grass Description -   Glossary of Grass Terminology


Origin: Native    Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Found in grasslands and open ground, dry plains and rocky slopes.
Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 2000 - 7000 feet

Similar Species: Setaria macrostachya
General Description

Desc: Perennial bunchgrass with hard knotty crowns, erect and variable in height from 12 to 36 inches. Seedhead is pale green, spikelike and has bristles below the spikelets.
Identification Notes: Tufted perennial to 3 feet tall, hard knotty crowns. Stem nodes often hairy; leaf blades flat or folded. Seedhead dense, spikelike; spikelets 2-flowered, awnless, first floret sterile, second floret fertile, one pale green bristle beneath each spikelet.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass  Rhizomes: N  Stolons: N
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: Jul - Sep
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: Spike like seedhead with bristles below the spikelets. Spikelets borne on very short branches with 1 or 2 basal sterile florets and 1 fertile floret. Spikelets are awnless. Bristles subtend spikelets and remain on seedhead after spikelets fall.
Vegetative Charcteristics

Blade Hairy: Y    Blade with White Margins: N    Blade Cross section: Flat or folded
Blade Notes: Blades are 3 to 10 inches long, thin, and flat or folded. Leaf-blade surface is roughly hairy; blades have a pointed tip.
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: Provides moderate to high quality forage for all types of grazing livestock and wildlife. The abundant, tender, basal leaves are highly palatable.


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