Short, winter annual grass. Shallowly rooted with narrow leaves. Seeds germinate in fall, about two weeks after downy brome.

Annual; green foliage has rigid, sharp, and pointed blades. Spikes are cylindrical; often reddish or purplish while immature. Matures later than most…

Fibrous shallow roots; soft drooping branched pannicle inflorescence; flat narrow up to 8 inch long leaf blades; short membranous ligules fringed at…

Green and brown hollow stalks without branches; forms dense stands. Long flat leaves aligned on one side of the stem; measure 4-20” long. Purplish…

Perennial bunchgrass; grows in short clumps. Leaves are flat, broad and have hairs on leaf edges. Spikelets on top of stems do not have stalks. Grass…

Semi-woody, inflexible, hollow, corn-like stems. Leaves are alternate, flat blade-like and rough to touch. Long, dense, plumes of cream-colored…

Many-branched, spreading annual grass; leaf blades broad and flat. Sparsely hairy foliage.

Slender annual grass with spikelets in a densely crowded bristly spike one to four inches long. Leaf blades somewhat rolled, 1/16” wide. (Description…

Perennial; leaves are long flat or folded basal leaves with sharp serrated margins. Leaves arise from tufted base. Tall flower plumes at end of very…

Quackgrass is erect and can form clumps. Stems are round in cross-section and nodes appear swollen. Leaves are rolled in the bud, flat, droop and are…

Early maturing, cool season, tufted annual grass that is drought tolerant.  Stems are grooved lengthwise and leaves are folded and narrow…

Perennial; reddish coloring near the top of stem. Leaf blades are wide and hairless. Can have compact or open spikes.

Branched and drooping inflorescence; slender stems, swollen nodes, fibrous roots.

Cool season annual grass with soft florets and slender awns. Stems round in cross-section. Leaves rolled in bud. Soft Brome flowers from April to July…

Stout perennial grass with stems that are sometimes hairy at the nodes and often swollen and bulb-like at the base.  Leaves are flat, roughened and…

Common velvetgrass is a  tufted, perennial grass.  Stems are weak and usually velvety.  Leaves are flat and inflorescences are compact with a pale…