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This grass has been showing up in my front yard prairie project, and I absolutely cannot figure out what it is. I’m afraid it’s quackgrass, but th...
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What kind of grass is this? #877453
Asked July 16, 2024, 11:29 AM EDT
This grass has been showing up in my front yard prairie project, and I absolutely cannot figure out what it is. I’m afraid it’s quackgrass, but there are too many other possibilities that I can’t tell the difference from (tall fescue, annual rye, reed canary, to name a few). Are the auricles clasping or just touching? I have no idea! Wondering if you could help, as I need to determine which control method to use. Thank you.
Washtenaw County Michigan
Expert Response
Hi Jordan, thanks for the question.
Identifying grasses can be a challenge. Yes, this looks like these are quack grass although pictures may not always tell the whole story. If you have verified that this grass is aggressively rhizomatous, and has the clasping auricles it is probably quack grass. Here are some tools that may help.
Quackgrass | Purdue University Turfgrass Science at Purdue University
Weed PhotGallery—Grass identification characteristics (ucanr.edu)
I hope this is helpful.
