Homework: Intro to identifying grasses webinar - 26/11/2020
I was only expecting to find three or four different specimens... :)
Observations
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Three-spiked Goose Grass (Eleusine tristachya)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 01 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
Not sedge - nodes visible on plant.
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Lovegrasses (Genus Eragrostis)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Gras 02 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Fescues (Genus Festuca)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 03 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
Clumping grass
One long stem for inflorescence
Alternating branches along stem for spikelets
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Weeping-Grass (Microlaena stipoides)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 04 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Prairie Grass (Bromus catharticus)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
NOTE: this observation might have 2 different grass photos accidently - please let me know if this is the case. :)
Grass 05 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Fescues (Genus Festuca)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 06 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Caterpillar Grass (Paspalum dilatatum)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 07 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
smooth/shiny nodes
one-sided placement of florets
primary axis with racemes alternating on each side
hairs at collar region
hairs on/around seeds
clumping grass
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Couch (Cynodon dactylon)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 08 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
one-sided placement of florets
thin digitate inflorescence (5)
hairs at collar region
creeping or scrambling grass?
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Couch (Cynodon dactylon)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 09 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
creeping or scrambling grass
digitate thin inflorescence (4 branches)
hairs at collar region
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Rhodes Grass (Chloris gayana)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 10 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
Digitate inflorescence with many (10+)
one-sided placement of florets
hairs at collar region
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Buffalo Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 11 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
creeping or scrambling grass with aboveground runners
purplish colour of stems
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Violet Crabgrass (Digitaria violascens)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 12 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
clumping grass?
digitate infloresence of only 2 spikes
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Goose Grass (Eleusine indica)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 13 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
one-sided placement of florets
digitate inflorescence (3 at top)
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Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 14 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
Previous observation of plant also here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65576992
Plus more of just the seed/flower: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65727602
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Buffalo Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 15 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Lovegrasses (Genus Eragrostis)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 16 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Red Grass (Bothriochloa macra)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 17 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
One long stem with single inflorescence at top
Awns (?)
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African Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 18 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra)Observer
thistlemouseDescription
Grass 19 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
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Bristlegrasses, Bluestems, Paspalums, and Allies (Subfamily Panicoideae)Observer
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Grass 20 - collected for Grass ID Webinar (learning & curious, so please feel free to use comment to clarify identifications)
