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25 Major Rangeland Plants

25 Major Rangeland Plants. Grasses and Grass-like Plants. By Karen Launchbaugh. Grass Morphology. Spike. Panicle. Most grasses a have Spike or Panicle inflorescence. Sodgrass vs Bunchgrass. Sodgrass. Bunchgrass. Sodgrass.

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25 Major Rangeland Plants

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  1. 25 Major Rangeland Plants Grasses and Grass-like Plants By Karen Launchbaugh

  2. Grass Morphology Spike Panicle Most grasses a have Spike or Panicle inflorescence

  3. Sodgrassvs Bunchgrass Sodgrass Bunchgrass Sodgrass Rhizomes are below-groundmodified stems that give rise to new plants.Solons are above-groundmodified stems that give rise to new plants. www.usu.edu/weeds/

  4. Major Grasses & Grass-likes For Rangeland Principles Course

  5. Big Bluestem • Perennial • Native Seedhead with 3-major “finger-like” branches Can have thick scaly rhizomes USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org)

  6. Big Bluestem • Warm Season • TallgrassPrairie Dominant Turns red at maturityTall grass 1.5 feet to 8 feet K. Launchbaugh Mike Haddock

  7. Blue Grama Eyebrow-like inflorescence Usually 2 branches per seedhead • Perennial • Native Forms thick sod – mostly basal leaves USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org)

  8. Blue Grama • Warm Season • Shortgrass Prairie Dominant True shortgrass 6 to 20 inches tall Mike Haddock Robert Soreng

  9. Bluebunch Wheatgrass • Perennial • Native Seeds have awns; bend outward as the seed head dries. Spike Seedhead University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org) USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.

  10. Bluebunch Wheatgrass • Cool season • Pacific & Intermountain Bunchgrass Regions Bunchgrass Jennifer Peterson Jennifer Peterson

  11. Buffalograss • Perennial • Native Dioecious = Male & Female flowers on different plants Female Pant Female Pant Male Pant Male Pant Mike Haddock True sodgrass with stolons Mike Haddock Mike Haddock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.

  12. Buffalograss • Warm Season • Shortgrass Prairie Dominant True shortgrass 2 to 8 inches tall Male flower Mike Haddock Female flower Mike Haddock Mike Haddock

  13. Cheatgrass/Downy Brome • Annual • Introduced Panicle Inflorescence Turns a purplish color as it matures USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org)

  14. Cheatgrass/Downy Brome • Winter Annual • Wildland fire fuel Seedhead is a drooping panicle Jennifer Peterson

  15. Crested Wheatgrass Spike Inflorescence Overlapping spikelets; seed head appears feather-like or comb-like • Perennial • Introduced University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org) Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish

  16. Crested Wheatgrass • Cool Season • Strong Bunchgrass Jennifer Peterson bunchgrass Jennifer Peterson

  17. Idaho Fescue • Perennial • Native Panicle Inflorescence Narrow and tightly rolled leaves; 2 to 10 inches long Distinctive rich black, dense, fine fibrous root system University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org) Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish

  18. Idaho Fescue • Pacific & Intermountain Bunchgrass Regions Strong bunchgrass Jennifer Peterson

  19. Tobosa Grass • Perennial • Native Spike inflorescence with fan-like spikelets Rhizmatoussodgrass University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org) USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.

  20. Tobosa Grass • Warm season • Desert grasslands

  21. Nebraska Sedge • Perennial • Native Triangular stems Male Flowers Female Flowers Leaves arise on three sides of stem University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org) USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 423. Tough, Thick Rhizomes

  22. Nebraska Sedge • Important riparian plant • Distinctive blue leaves Male Flowers Female Flowers Sheri Hagwood

  23. Baltic Rush • Perennial • Native Seedhead located on the side of stem; below the tip Round stems; no joints Few leaves at the base, not the stem University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (http://www.pnwherbaria.org) Creeping rhizome USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

  24. Baltic Rush • Important wetland plant K. Launchbaugh Robert H. Mohlenbrock

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