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Aristida purpurea Perennial, warm, native, poor grazing for wildlife and livestock. 1-2½' tall, densely tufted bunchgrass with inrolled leaves up to 5" long. The seed head is narrow, nodding, loose and purplish in color with many 3-awned spikelets. The second glume is twice as long as the first. The awns are widely spreading, nearly equal in length and 1-2" long. Rocky hills and sandy plains and invades overgrazed ranges. Grazed only in the spring when plants are green. Areas 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
Aristida oligantha Annual, warm, native, poor grazing for wildlife and livestock. 1-2' tall growing in tufts and branched at the base and nodes. Woolly at the base with a smooth sheath. The open panicle has long spreading about equal awns (2 to 31/2"). Uplands, invades disturbed and overgrazed areas. Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
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Created: August 15, 1996
Updated: May 23, 1997