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Some grass ID's (a lot of pics)

texasflip
15 years ago

I'm trying to figure out which of these wild grasses are native coastal prairie species. They were in a disturbed area near a contruction site in SE Texas and I've got a few that I'm pretty sure about but would appreciate some of your input. Thanks!

Grass #1

I think this one might be silver bluestem (Bothriochloa saccharoides)

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Grass #2

Could this be a Chloris species?

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Grass #3

This one made up the majority of the plants in the area. At first I thought it was just Dallis grass but it has long awns(?) on it's seeds which Dallis grass dosen't.

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Grass #4

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Grass #5

I'm pretty sure this one is Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides)

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Thanks so much!

Andrew

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