Sandhills Plant Identification

 

Plant G Characteristics:

  • Short grass with good forage value
  • Warm season
  • Bunch grass
  • Grows on hills/sandy areas
  • "Eyebrow" seedhead
  • Spike on end of seed head
  • Long hairs on edge of leaves

 Seedhead with spike on end

 


 

Plant H Characteristics:

  • Short grass with good forage value
  • Warm season
  • Bunch grass
  • Grows in bottoms/better soils
  • "Eyebrow" seedhead, no spike on end of seedhead
  • Small tuft of hair at throat of collar
  • In the fall, dead grass looks like curly spaghetti

 Curled seedhead, short and curly grass

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