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Poaceae, Pooideae, Aveneae - Miscellaneous
(Family, Subfamily, Tribe)
tribe Aveneae
**zg 1** Scientific name
possible Canarygrass
Looks like bristlegrass without round spikelets or bristles. No awns.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005
(Native of ?)
Hunting Similar Species
Carolina Canarygrass (Southern Canarygrass) Phalaris caroliniana
Long to cone shaped prickly spike, no awns.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Runnels)
Other Species In My Area - Foxtail
Carolina Foxtail Alopecurus carolinianus
Looks like green bristlegrass. Long cylindrical spike with long awns.
(Native of Texas - Callahan)
Other Species In My Area - Ozarkgrass
Ozarkgrass Limnodea arkansana
Long scruffy spike with awns, narrow leaves.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)
Other Species In My Area - Rabbitfoot
Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass (Rabbitfoot Polypogon, Annual Beardgrass, Rabbitfoot‑grass) Polypogon monspeliensis
Like fuzzy bristlegrass, awns not bristles. White.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Runnels, Brown)
Water Bentgrass (Beardless Rabbit's-foot Grass) Polypogon viridis
Loosely appressed panicle, clumps of thick "V" spikelets, no awns
(Native of Texas - Taylor)
Other Species In My Area - Wedgescale
Prairie Wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata
long fan or spike of clumped branches, no awns
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)
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