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 Plant - fall Casner Canyon, NE of SedonaMax Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Seedhead Casner Canyon, NE of SedonaMax Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Seedhead Casner Canyon, NE of SedonaMax Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin: Native Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Found on sandy plains and rocky slopes in open woodlands and ponderosa pine forests.
Plant Communities:Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4500 - 7500 feet
Desc:
A rather small, tufted perennial bunchgrass, often acts like an annual. Stems solitary or sparingly branched at the base with numerous leaves, mostly in small dense clumps.
Identification Notes: Tufted perennial, blades flat mostly basal, curled when dry. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Seedhead erect with appressed branches. Spikelets two-flowered, appressed, clustered and overlapping. First glume much shorter than second glume. Mature lemma shiny.
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: N
Flowering Period: Jun - Oct
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 up to 8 inches long with few, stiff, erect-spreading branches and mostly appressed branchlets and spikelet stalks. Spikelets 2-flowered, appressed and closely placed in small, often overlapping clusters.
Blade Hairy:
Y
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Flat
Blade Notes:
Blades are often clustered at the base of the plant, 1-1/2 to 6 inches long and 1/4 inch wide and may be sparsely hairy on top. Blades often curl with age, resembling wood shavings.
Sheath Hairy:
Y
Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar:
N
Ligules:
Membranous and hairy
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area:
N
Forage Value:
Fair for livestock and wildlife, palatability rapidly declines with maturity.
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