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 Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith |  Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308Sue Smith | | | | |
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Origin: Native Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Rocky or sandy plains and slopes, frequently on roadsides.
Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3300 - 7000 feet
Desc:
Erect perennial in small dense clumps. with a reddish to purple hue.
Identification Notes: Tufts of inwardly rolled 2 to 4 inch long blades; Seedhead narrow, often dense. Branches of the seedhead slender and flexuous; lemma conspicuously scabrous (rough to the touch). Basal portion of awn very short or almost lacking, not twisted, central awns
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 - contracted Seedhead Droops: Y
Flowering Period: May - Sep
Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: Greater than 1 inch Three Awns: Y Awns Bent: Y
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedheads nodding, narrow but rather loose. Glumes are noticeably unequal. Awns are fine and delicate, deeply colored when
grains
are mature.
Blade Hairy:
N
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Involute
Blade Notes:
Blades 2-10 inches long, <1/8 inch wide, tightly rolled inward to flat, usually smooth without hairs, sometimes roughened with
stout projections on bottom, gray-green, lax to curled at maturity.
Sheath Hairy:
N
Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar:
Y
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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