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Medusahead Rye | Taeniatherum caput-medusae

May contain: field, grassland, nature, outdoors, savanna, grass, plant, ground, landscape, and land
Photo Credit: Medusahead infestation © S. Dewey
May contain: grass, plant, and agropyron
Photo Credit: Medusahead plant © S. Dewey
May contain: grass, plant, body part, finger, hand, person, and agropyron
Photo Credit: Medusahead inflorescence © S. Dewey
May contain: field, grassland, nature, outdoors, savanna, grass, plant, ground, landscape, and land
May contain: grass, plant, and agropyron
May contain: grass, plant, body part, finger, hand, person, and agropyron

Slender annual grass with spikelets in a densely crowded bristly spike one to four inches long. Leaf blades somewhat rolled, 1/16” wide. (Description from ODA website.)

 

Plant Details

Habitat Notescommercial ag lands, disturbed lands, rights of way, livestock feeding areas, meadows, uplands
Mature HeightSix to 18 inches