Rough Hair Grass – Ligule

Rough Hair Grass – Ligule

Rough Hair Grass Agrostis scabra “Mild. A common perennial grass with a shallow, fibrous root system, that forms a dense tussock of very fine basal leaves (Fig. 1). The ligule is long and membraneous. The flowering head is a delicate, spreading panicle that...
Quack Grass – Field Infestation

Quack Grass – Field Infestation

Quack Grass (couch, twitch grass) Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv ex B.D. Jacks. A vigorous, upright perennial (–1.0 m tall) grass originating from Europe that is adapted to fertile soils and occurs mainly in formerly cultivated fields or farm sites. Persists and...
Quack Grass – Rhizomes

Quack Grass – Rhizomes

Quack Grass (couch, twitch grass) Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv ex B.D. Jacks. A vigorous, upright perennial (–1.0 m tall) grass originating from Europe that is adapted to fertile soils and occurs mainly in formerly cultivated fields or farm sites. Persists and...
Quack Grass – Clasping Auricles

Quack Grass – Clasping Auricles

Quack Grass (couch, twitch grass) Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv ex B.D. Jacks. A vigorous, upright perennial (–1.0 m tall) grass originating from Europe that is adapted to fertile soils and occurs mainly in formerly cultivated fields or farm sites. Persists and...
Quack Grass – Spike

Quack Grass – Spike

Quack Grass (couch, twitch grass) Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv ex B.D. Jacks. A vigorous, upright perennial (–1.0 m tall) grass originating from Europe that is adapted to fertile soils and occurs mainly in formerly cultivated fields or farm sites. Persists and...
Poverty Oat Grass – Field Infestation

Poverty Oat Grass – Field Infestation

  Poverty Oat Grass Danthonia spicata (L.) P. Beauv. The most common grass of blueberry fields that is adapted to dry, low fertility sites. It forms a dense tussock of flat, sharply pointed leaves that may curl, (particularly the older, dead leaves). Ligules have...