Common Name: orchardgrass
Scientific Name: Dactylis glomerata L.
Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and tillers

culms - upright, tall, dense clumps growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3, growth habit 4

leaves - blades blueish-green, rough-textured, folded in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, tall; sheaths open, flattened ligules 1, ligules 2, ligules 3

seedheads - stiff panicle, spikelets dense at tips seedheads 1, seedheads 2, seedheads 3

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