We have a new grass growing on the one of the cement ditches. I have never seen it before (or at least I don’t think I have).
Does anyone know what it might be called? It sure is a purdy pretty thing.
Your Friend,
Linda
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i have a tendency to call those kinds foxtails, but i doubt i know what i’m talking about. 🙂
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We have that grass in SD. Not sure what its called. I will have Daryl check your blog when he has a chance to on his down time in the truck.
I blogged!!!!!! YAY!!!
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Dunno… looks like usual grass we find round here to me 🙂
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Might be a Green Foxtail.
How tall/wide is it? How long are the “flowers”?
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No idea! But I like it. And, yes, it is purdy. That’s what we southern girls say.
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That doesn’t look like what we call foxtails in California, the bad kind that get snoofed up a dog’s nose or stuck between its toes. It looks more like something they sell as a landscape plant here and call it “drought resistant.”
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Looks like what we call Orchard Grass.
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I wish I could help you, but quite frankly, I have no idea.
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KILL THIS. It’s foxtail and those head will dry up and imbed themselves into your dogs. They can cause an infection even.
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I’ve seen that kind of grass —but don’t know the ‘real’ name.. Have always called it ‘foxtails’ –but not sure that that is the name.
Hugs,
Betsy
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I couldn’t hazard a guess Linda as I am sure your grasses are different from ours – but it is quite an attractive one.
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It is purdy! I hope it gets to stay.
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Not foxtail. Foxtail has longer shafts. Probably a kind of orchard grass that has migrated down the irrigation ditch.
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Looks like what we call foxtail. The cows LOVE it when it’s green. Very pretty plant. Beautiful to watch waving in the wind…..
And yeah, not good for the pups….it will get all over them, ears, eyes, feet, fur….yuck…
Cheri
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Linda– Take action now and this is no foolin’ You’re friend meridethinwyoming is right. Kill it.
It is what we call Giant Foxtail in Iowa and has other names like Asian Foxtail. It is invasive and reduces corn yields in my area by over 10%. It used to be sorta managed by mechanical means ( rotary hoeing) but nowadays those in agriculture use chemicals. Lotsa chemicals. Dig it out and burn it and post the picture okay? Okay!
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as long as it doesn’t hurt the dogs or any livestock… just call it Purdy Grass 😉
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It doesn’t look like the “Fox Tail” grass I familiar with… does the head look like this http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=DAGL ??
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Don’t know, but the deer were eating it out front last evening. We have so many varities. Except for one, no blue grass here 🙂
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Looks like Foxtail to me too…Chance gets the seeds stuck in his long hair and it is a pain in the butt. If you haven’t seen it before…I would pull it out.
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It looks like ‘Common Foxtail’ or maybe if it’s smaller it could be ‘Cat’s-tail'( Phleum bertolonii )?
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it is so dainty and looks beautiful…don’t know what it is but don’t pull it up
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I am not all that great with the weeds but I believe that it is foxtail. We have quite a bit of it around here. Makes a nice header though!
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