Nodes and sheaths downy.
Long awned wood grass.
New england distribution and.
This perennial grass is 1 2 tall more or less erect and unbranched.
Awned wheat grass has a short rootstock and therefore grows in tufts like western rye grass.
Florets are surrounded by a pair of bracts lemma and palea the lemma narrowly elliptic the body 9 to 13 mm to inch long tapering to a straight awn 13 to 20 mm to inch long prominently 5 veined variously covered in stiff hairs especially along the veins the longest hairs 5 to 1 mm long.
It is common in the prairie provinces especially outside the semi arid regions.
2003 provide evidence for the presence of two species in eastern north america.
Brachyelytrum very distinctive forest understory grasses with slender long awned spikelets.
Slender spikes of long awned seeds.
Panicle 2 7 long narrow slender few flowered branches erect 1 4 long.
It is more abundant in.
Usually occurs in non wetlands but occasionally in wetlands.
It is easily distinguished however by the long awns on the flowering glumes and the arrangement of the flowers in a one sided spike.
Woods grass for several weeks a certain creeping mat forming grass has formed an attractive green carpet on shadowy woods floors where the gardeners have removed underbrush.
Now the grass is flowering and multitudes of fuzzy grass flower heads catch the sunlight as above.
Leaves 2 6 long 3 8 wide rough above downy on lower surface tapering at both ends flat.
Can work well as an ornamental.
Northern long awned wood grass is found in moist forests in all new england states.
Long awned wood grass brachyelytrum erectum grass family poaceae description.
Brachyelytrum erectum schreb beauv.
Ligule less than 1 long.
The palea is 7 to 12 mm long hairless and 2 keeled the keels forming 2 teeth at the tip.
Southern long awned wood grass is a native grass of moist forests and forest openings.
The rachilla is prolonged as a rather conspicuous bristle back of the palea.
The culm of each plant is light to medium green terete and mostly hairless.