SAND LOVEGRASS
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Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt. ) Alph. Wood
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| Russell County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 2-5 feet |
| Family: Poaceae - Grass Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September,October |
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| Culms: | | Erect, simple, glabrous. | | Blades: | | Mostly flat, slender, 6 to 20 inches long, to 1/3 inch wide, yellowish green, rough above, midrib prominent; tips tapered to points. | | Sheaths: | | Overlapping, glabrous, collar with tufts of hairs. | | Ligules: | | Inconspicuous rings of short hairs. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicles, open, much-branched, 14 to 22 inches long, 3 to 12 inches wide, often about 1/2 height of plant, purplish or reddish; branches slender, erect or ascending; branch axils sparsely hairy. | | Spikelets: | | Numerous, long-stalked, 3-13-flowered, less than 1/2 inch long, to 1/6 inch wide, pale purplish; awns absent; glumes and lemmas sharp pointed. | | Habitat: | | Prairies, open woods, and disturbed areas, in sandy soils. | | Distribution: | | Throughout Kansas. | | Forage Value: | | Sand lovegrass provides excellent forage for livestock. It is sometimes called "ice cream grass" due to its high palatability. | | Comments: | | Sand lovegrass is strongly tufted and has a deep, dense root system. It decreases under intense grazing. |
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| Sand lovegrass inflorescence |  | | 106 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
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| | Sand lovegrass spikelets |  | | 68 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
| | Sand lovegrass collar |  | | 68 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
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