Sandhills Plant Identification
Plant E Characteristics:
- Cool season grass
- Perennial
- Fleshy, deeply veined leaves
- Seedheads out in June
- Seedheads compact and brown in late summer
- Good forage value
- Bunch grass
- Low forage production
Plant F Characteristics:
- Warm season grass
- Rhizome
- "Hairy armpits"- triangle patch of hair at the base of the leaf
- Round seeds on large, branching seedheads
- Good forage value
- High forage production