Digitaria cognata

Digitaria cognata
1913 illustration[1]

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: D. cognata
Binomial name
Digitaria cognata
(Schult.) Pilg.
Synonyms

Leptoloma cognatum

Digitaria cognata is a species of grass known by the common names fall witchgrass,[2] Carolina crabgrass,[3] and mountain hairgrass.[4]

Description

This grass is a perennial without rhizomes. The roots are shallow. The erect stems grow up to 56 centimeters tall. The stem bases are tough and hairy.[2] The leaves are up to 12.6 centimeters long.[5] They are narrow, with "one side wavy, and the other smooth".[3] The inflorescence is a purple-tinged panicle with single-flowered spikelets.[3]

Uses

This grass provides graze for livestock and wild ungulates, and birds eat the seeds.[3]

References

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