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Glossary of Grass Terminology
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Leaves
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Origin
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Introduced
Native
Season
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Cool
Warm
Habitat
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Desert Scrub
Disturbed Areas
Grasslands
Interior Chaparral
Montane Conifer Forest
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Riparian
(Species may be found in riparian areas within another habitat.)
General Characteristics
Grass Type
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Annual
Perennial bunchgrass
Perennial mat or sod-forming
Rhizomes
Stolons
Height with Seedheads
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Less than 12 inches
12 inches or more
24 inches or more
Greater than 36 inches
Clump Diameter 2 ft or more
Bushy - highly branched
Seedhead Structure
- Any -
Branched - contracted
Branched - fingerlike
Branched - open and spreading
Branched - comblike
Unbranched
Month Flowering
- Any -
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Seedhead Droops
Flower Characteristics
Flowers per Spikelet
- Any -
Multi-flowered
One-flowered
Spikelets One-Sided
Awns
- Any -
Absent
Less than 1/4 inch
1/4 inch to 1 inch
Greater than 1 inch
Three Awns
Awns Bent
Vegetative Characteristics
Blade Hairy
Blade Cross-section
- Any -
Convolute - rolled up longitudinally
Flat
Folded
Involute – rolled inward on upper surface
Revolute – rolled under along margins
Other
Blade Margins White
Sheath Hairy
Tufts of hair top of sheath or collar
Ligule
Absent
Hairy
Membranous
Membranous and hairy
Auricles
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