Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Grasses,Ornamental & Others), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Prairie Grass, Rescue Grass (Bromus catharticus), Poaceae Family, naturalized, annual,/short lived perennial, some consider it a weed, cool season grass, seeds produced in spring

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/96564/index.html

Rescue grass (rescuegrass), prairie grass is a tufted annual or perennial to 1m tall. It has loosely folded, glabrous leaves. A native of South America, it was introduced as a pasture grass. It is a common lawn weed and can infest wheat and other crop fields. It may grow to 2.5 feet high on a variety of soils, and is usually found natively in disturbed areas or overgrazed pastures. Rescue grass got its name for coming to ranchers' "rescue" providing forage and soil cover during times of drought. White-tailed deer may graze it during the winter. The leaf blades are up to 12 inches long and about 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide. They may be hairy on the upperside only and the sheath may be hairy on the lower leaves. The inflorescence is a large, open, drooping panicle to 40cm long composed of compact, glabrous, awnless spikelets. The spikelets appear on pedicels and are up to 1 3/4 inch long, 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide and have 4 to 9 flowers. Its seeds are flattened, terminating in a short awn 1 to 3 mm long, and its leaves are broader than those of other brome species.