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Plant type

Grass or grass like
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Leaf arrangement

rolled in bud

folded in bud
rolled in bud
I do not know

Ligule

I do not know

membrane
hairy
none
I do not know

Ligule length

none
less than 1 mm
1-2 mm
2-3 mm
more than 3 mm
I do not know

Leaf hair on surface

no hairs
hairs from base to tip
hairs on basal half only
I do not know

Mature leaf Width

more than 15 mm

less than 5 mm
6 to 15 mm
more than 15 mm
I do not know

Auricle

I do not know

not present
present
I do not know

Stem

flat or oval
round
triangle
I do not know

Root structure

I do not know

fibrous
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
rhizomes present
stolons present
I do not know

Seedhead

bristly
spike
branched spike
flowers
spiny burs
multiple spikes
panicle
I do not know

Lifecycle

I do not know

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Common name

(19 weeds)
barnyardgrass
bitter panicgrass
broadleaf cattail
Chinese silvergrass
deertongue
eastern gamagrass
fall panicgrass
foxtail millet
giant foxtail
green foxtail
Indiangrass
itchgrass
Johnsongrass
quackgrass
smooth brome
switchgrass
Texas panicum
velvet panicum
wild oat

Scientific Name

(19 weeds)
Avena fatua
Bromus inermis
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Dichanthelium scoparium
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elymus repens
Miscanthus sinensis
Panicum amarum
Panicum dicotomiflorum
Panicum virgatum
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Setaria faberi
Setaria italica
Setaria viridis
Sorghastrum nutans
Sorghum halepense
Tripsacum dactyloides
Typha latifolia
Urochloa texana

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