Species Detail Grasses

Plant - Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Aristida fendleriana - Fendler threeawn Synonyms: Aristida purpurea var.fendleriana Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Warm Habitat Description: Sandy or rocky hills, plateaus, and forest openings at higher elevations. Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest Elevation: 5000 - 6500 feet Similar Species: Aristida longiseta General Description Desc: Tufted perennial growing erect, branched at base. Identification Notes: Blades crowded toward the base. Seedhead stems slender, upper branches ascending or appressed; seedhead few-flowered; awn 3/4 to 2 inches long; basal portion short, not twisted. Has narrower lemma apices and thinner, shorter awns than A. longiseta. 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: Branched - open and spreading Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: May - Sep Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Greater than 1 inch Three Awns: Y Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedheads usually 1 to 6 inches long, nodding, narrow and loose, usually a multi-branched seedhead (panicle). Spikelets pressed closed to main axis. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Involute Blade Notes: Leaf blades mostly basal and curly 1/16 to 1/8 inch wide and 1-1/2 to 4 inches long. 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. One of the poorest forages of our common range grasses. Palatability is low, particularly after the plants are mature.


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