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Plant type
Grass or grass like
Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other
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Leaf arrangement
I do not know
folded in bud
rolled in bud
I do not know
Ligule
membrane
hairy
none
I do not know
Ligule length
1-2 mm
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
I do not know
less than 5 mm
6 to 15 mm
more than 15 mm
I do not know
Auricle
not present
not present
present
I do not know
Stem
flat or oval
round
triangle
I do not know
Root structure
fibrous
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
rhizomes present
stolons present
I do not know
Seedhead
spike
bristly
spike
branched spike
flowers
spiny burs
multiple spikes
panicle
I do not know
Lifecycle
winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common name
(7 weeds)
broadleaf signalgrass
broomsedge bluestem
eastern gamagrass
foxtail barley
itchgrass
jointhead arthraxon
knotroot foxtail
Scientific Name
(7 weeds)
Andropogon
virginicus
Arthraxon
hispidus
Hordeum
jubatum
Rottboellia
cochinchinensis
Setaria
parviflora
Tripsacum
dactyloides
Urochloa
platyphylla