Plants Flashcards
Poaceae
Grass family
Monocoltyledon
Agropyron Cristatus
F: poaceae Tribe: Triticeae Perennial, from Euroasia. Dense, tamping at both sides. Drought and cold tolerant. Good young hay. LOOKS LIKE CARTOON HAY, uniformed.
Elymus Smithii
F: Poaceae T: Triceae
Perennial, NATIVE, cool season
Dense, stiff, erect solitary
Elymus Spicatus
F: Poaceae T: Triceae
Perennial, NATIVE, cool season.
Dense, stiff, erect, one per node.
Easily moves out of the way for wheat grass.
Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae
F: Poaceae T: Triticeae
Fires cycles, Annual, European, cool season.
Caespitose or solitary.
One per node.
Avena Fatua
Annual, introduced,
Has a kink in the strings that come off the seed head.
Hesperostipa comata
Native, perennial,
Use nodules to identify them.
Stipa Hymenoids
Native, perennial, rice grass
Spread out like the tree of life.
Bromus Tectorum
It has 5 seeds and the seeds let of lines from the 5, making it look like a hand that is hanging down.
Annual, introduced.
Dactylis Glomerata
Dark Roots.
Perennial, NATIVE,
Good forage value.
Festuca Idahoensis
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Poa Pratensis
Introduced
Poaceae secunda
Green up before other grasses.