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Grass Identification Guide for Railroad Contractors

Discover different types of grasses commonly found in railroad areas such as crabgrass, foxtail, bermudagrass, cattails, and more. Learn to identify them by their seed structures, growth patterns, and distinguishing features.

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Grass Identification Guide for Railroad Contractors

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  1. Weed IdentificationGrasses National Railroad Contractors Association

  2. Crabgrass Summer annual 4 part seed structure Flat, spreading

  3. Bearded sprangletopAnnual

  4. Foxtail - Summer Annual Compact seed head bent, straight, drooping Yellow foxtail Green foxtail Giant foxtail

  5. Grasses - Perennial

  6. Bermudagrass Perennial – Stolon Stolons – horizontal above ground stems

  7. Cattail Perennial – Creeping rhizome Compact brown flower head Long narrow leaves Rhizomes – horizontal underground stems

  8. Johnson Grass - Creeping rhizome Tall mature plant Reddish flower structure Reproduces by creeping rhizome horizontal underground stem seedling

  9. Phragmites(common reed)

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