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Setaria geniculata Perennial, warm, native, fair grazing for wildlife and livestock. 1-3" tall.with erect or spreading stems growing from a bent, knee-like, knotty rootstock. The blades and stems often have a purplish tinge. The blades are straight, flat and not twisted, long pointed at the tip and tapering toward the base. The seed head is erect, 1-3', long and 1/4" wide, rounded at the top, greenish-yellow or purple in color. There are 5 or more bristles below each egg-shaped spikelet. (Yellow bristlegrass has the same general appearance except it is an annual with no rootstock and has twisted leaves.) Grows in open ground, cultivated soil and moist places. Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. |
Scleropogon brevifolius Perennial, warm, native, poor grazing for wildlife and livestock. 6-12" tall stems growing from fuzzy, scaly rhizomes but also with stolons that take root at nodes. The male and female plants grow in separate colonies. The female resembles a threeawn and varies from pale green to reddish purple. The male has pale overlapping awnless spikelets. Increases on overstocked ranges and sterile soil. Grows in semi-arid plains and valleys. Areas 7, 8, 9, 10. |
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Updated: May 23, 1997