What kind of grass is this?

Geo-TH,In · Sep 17, 2012

What kind of grass is this? Grows in sand and gravel and made it through dry times.
George

english · Sep 17, 2012

GREEN

jared in wi · Sep 17, 2012

With a hint of brown

JMOR · Sep 17, 2012

looks a bit like buffalo grass, but hard to tell from picture.

Geo-TH,In · Sep 17, 2012

JMOR,
Not sure about Buffalo grass. Don't think Buffalo grass grows in Indiana and in rock and sand. Grows with very little water. It is a fine, hair like grass. The BROWN seed stem has a single row of seeds. The GREEN part is the hair like grass.

Nothing get past some people

If I find out what kind of grass this is, plan to buy seeds and replant places in yard where just weeds are growing.

George

Anonymous-0 · Sep 17, 2012

I think I see some purple or yellow nutsedge, in there, If that's what you are talking about, it has a triangular cross section, when cut at the base of the leaves/stem. Otherwise, I think the taller stuff might be a oatgrass, or wheatgrass relative.

showcrop · Sep 17, 2012

Show a close up of the seed head and probably some one will ID it.

Whoops! Sorry. I meant Prolly.

Teddy (punchie) · Sep 17, 2012

Looks like Vernal Grass .

Very fine grass blades and not must height very early seed head, not too much yield. Seed head is about 1 1/2-2 1/2 inches long, about 14 to 20 inch high. Turns brown right after going to seed.

look it up for better picture.

Geo-TH,In · Sep 17, 2012

Teddy,
Looked vernal grass. It has too large of a seed pod.

I think I may have a Red Fescue Grass. From what I've read it is a fine grass, grows with little water, fertilizer, care and grows in my area. What do the rest of you think?

George

showcrop · Sep 17, 2012

could very well be red fescue, we consider it a weed. feed value must be very low. Well fed desirable grass will force it out.

Dalet · Sep 17, 2012

time to harvest some seed and plant it where you want it!

Kenneth R Ohnstad · Sep 17, 2012

Marsh grass, ha ha
good luck
k

Geo-TH,In · Sep 17, 2012

Showcrop,
I don't have animals to feed this too. I'm looking at planting this grass in yard where nothing is growing and in places real looking weeds are growing. I have too many acres of yard to worry about fertilizing and watering. I've had 3 dry summers in a row. That's why I'm looking at what has survived. Doing the same at my flower beds.
George

Brian G. NY · Sep 17, 2012

Showcrop,
Well.......I, for one got a kick out of that!
Never could understand why so many spell it that way!!
Prolly will never know!!

Bleeding Orange SW Iowa · Sep 17, 2012

George, it looks like you found some grass that figured out how to thrive in your corner of the world. Which means, of course, it is either native or else a horrible invasive disaster in the making. Coin flip on which. You might check with an extension agent.

50-some-odd years ago my Grandpa cut (mostly) native prairie pasture hay with a scythe, hauled it in with a homemade single-axle lowboy behind an AC D17, and had my Pop and uncle spread it out on the houseyard with pitchforks and rakes. Fast forward to this year. The house and yard are now my responsibility. In this year's drought, Grandpa's pasture transfusion stayed pretty green all year. It didn't grow very tall, but it still had a decent array of grasses and wildflowers. No watering or fertilizer. It's no putting green but I kind the look better for the farm.

If you like the grass, give it a try.

bradley martin · Sep 18, 2012

Hi George; Could be creeping red fescue. It is a tough grass, will even grow in shade, fills in bare spots well due to its "creeping" ability. I have seeded it in windbreak treelines with great results and always include it in any lawn seeding, 50:50 with kentucky blue grass

What kind of grass is this?

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