Range Grass Discriptions

Front 1

little barley

Back 1

short, cool season grass will be green and seeded out during judging

Front 2

bermudagrass

Back 2

short grass has runners and seedhead with five branches

Front 3

big bluestem

Back 3

large grass, very fuzzy at the base of the stem and continues hair on the inside off the leaf

Front 4

blue grama

Back 4

tall grama, look for eyelash seed heads with no stinger at the end

Front 5

little bluestem

Back 5

tall bunch grass, blueish tint to new growth, old growth rusty colored with candlestick holders at top

Front 6

spllitbeard bluestem

Back 6

tall bunch grass similar to little bluestem but still has some small tufts of fuzz at the top of each seed head

Front 7

buffalo grass

Back 7

short grass with runners, has a male seed head that is different from female seed head

Front 8

scribners panicum

Back 8

short thick bladed grass, grows in rosette form

Front 9

sand dropseed

Back 9

ring of hair at the leaf break, has a small leaf flags at the seed head

Front 10

fall witchgrass

Back 10

short grass, grey colored when dead, new growth has a bacon edge

Front 11

hairy grama

Back 11

mid size grama, has curved eyelash seed head with a stinger at the end

Front 12

red grama

Back 12

short grama, has eyelash but with a red tinge

Front 13

sideoats grama

Back 13

mid to tall grama, most popular grama, old growth looks like pencil shavings, seed head has a line of seeds hang off one side, when seeds removed stem is zig zaged, new growth leaves have a mole on the edge (margin) witha hair protruding from each mole

Front 14

texas grama

Back 14

small grama, similar to sideoats grama in look and seedhead but much much smaller

Front 15

hairy tridens

Back 15

small grass with white margins around the leaf

Front 16

indiangrass

Back 16

tall grass has heather looking seedhead, leaveds have a small feather where leaves attach to stem

Front 17

sand lovegrass

Back 17

has same ring of hair at the leaf break as sand dropseed but grows closer to the ground and seedhead has little or no stem coming out of the ground, seedhead is close to ground

Front 18

weeping lovegrass

Back 18

large bunch grass, small thin leaves, even seed head seems to weep

Front 19

purpletop

Back 19

has dark purple colored nodes on the stem where leaves break off, has a leaf that wraps around the stem somethimes, has a drooping seed head

Front 20

annual threeawn

Back 20

old growth, has a lot of breaks and other leaf material, new growth carpets the ground in short bright green shoots

Front 21

switchgrass

Back 21

tall bunch grass, has upright seed head, new growth leaf hasa small area whre it seems to pinch together

Front 22

widmillgrass

Back 22

short grass,very flat growth from the base

Front 23

tumblegrass

Back 23

short grass where the seedheads grow out of base of plant and tumble out.seeheads generally are red in color

Front 24

western wheatgrasss

Back 24

bule colored cool season grass, leaves grow off at right angles, leaves have deep ridges (washboard effect)

Front 25

broomsedge bluestem

Back 25

orange colored tall bunch grass. has alot of leaf material coming off the stem

Front 26

eastern gamagrass

Back 26

large bunch grass creates almost a bowl shape. grows in wet areas has a flat root base

Front 27

johnsongrass

Back 27

large grass has a seedhead that is between the purpletop and switchgrass, leaves have a bright white midrib

Front 28

perenial dropseed

Back 28

mis size bunch grass seedhead have a curly flag where each seedhead comes out

Front 29

perenial threeawn

Back 29

short bunch grass, thin curly leaves at the base, new growth seed head has a red tint

Front 30

silver bluestem

Back 30

mid size bunch grass look for jointed stem, where every node bends

Front 31

curly mesquite

Back 31

small grass with runners, it has fuzz at each node on the runners (rarely see)

Front 32

wildrye

Back 32

cool season grass, has a collar around the stem where leaf breaks off, seed head similar to little barley but a lot bigger

Front 33

vine mesquite

Back 33

mid size grfass with runners, has joints similar to silver but h as fuzz at each node like culy mesquite but alot bigger

Front 34

texas bluegrass

Back 34

cool season grass, blue in color, has short ended leaves that look like the front nose of a boat and also leaf has a keel shape like the bottom of the front of the boat

Front 35

texas wintergrass

Back 35

bunch grass cool season, seedhead has spears that come loose and can be thrown/stick to tohers, leaf has hair, feels smooth one way and rough the other way

Front 36

annual brome

Back 36

cool season grass has a lot of uzz at the base of the plant similar to big bluestem but grass is much smaller in stature than big bluestem