Its broad leaves held perpendicular to the stem can add an interesting texture to either a woodland setting or a perennial border.
Long awned wood grass.
It is common in the prairie provinces especially outside the semi arid regions.
The culm of each plant is light to medium green terete and mostly hairless.
Long awned wood grass brachyelytrum erectum grass family poaceae description.
Leaves 2 6 long 3 8 wide rough above downy on lower surface tapering at both ends flat.
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.
Slender spikes of long awned seeds.
Southern long awned wood grass is a native grass of moist forests and forest openings.
Ligule less than 1 long.
Grass long awned wood brachyelytrum erectum often encountered in upland woods this grass is named for the long bristles awns that make up its sleek arching seedhead.
The rachilla is prolonged as a rather conspicuous bristle back of the palea.
Usually occurs in non wetlands but occasionally in wetlands.
It is more abundant in.
Notes a compact clump forming grass with short broad leaves.
Now the grass is flowering and multitudes of fuzzy grass flower heads catch the sunlight as above.
New england distribution and.
2003 provide evidence for the presence of two species in eastern north america.
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.
Brachyelytrum very distinctive forest understory grasses with slender long awned spikelets.
Brachyelytrum erectum schreb beauv.
Northern long awned wood grass is found in moist forests in all new england states.
Awned wheat grass has a short rootstock and therefore grows in tufts like western rye grass.
This perennial grass is 1 2 tall more or less erect and unbranched.
Panicle 2 7 long narrow slender few flowered branches erect 1 4 long.
The palea is 7 to 12 mm long hairless and 2 keeled the keels forming 2 teeth at the tip.