Marsh Bristlegrass (Setaria parviflora)

At the edge of a wetland habitat.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Excellent job, Lisa! Got any good sources regarding ID-ing grasses? Posted 6 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you. I'm actually such a newbie with grasses, but I'm trying to improve my skills. I use Weakley's Key and consult with people from the plant groups for the most part! Alan Weakley is one of the leading experts of the Southeast. http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/FloraArchives/WeakleyFlora_2015-05-29.pdf
  
  Also (as Christine already knows), I'll be taking a seminar on grasses next month with Dwayne Estes. He is the director of SGI (Southern Grasslands Initiative) and someone I have wanted to meet for quite some time! I can't wait to learn from him!
  http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=rsjx5dkab&oeidk=a07eg1c9uk62ba421bd&fbclid=IwAR29LPClYQgX6qQOZkMjtZCXg9Y9NcPZO54lEyCqabYM8_Z1HmoxToAEikg
  Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you so much, Lisa, I'll be keeping this comment in mind should I need it in the future. Enjoy your seminar!
    
    Off-topic but I want to share a funny term I learned about this week. With insects in such decline, the discussion of using one's garden as an ecosystem for them is becoming mainstream here. So there's the well-known clear-but lawn where nothing lives. And on the opposite end there's the overgrown garden where neighbors speak "shame" of.
    
    The compromise lies in the middle: it's called a drunken lawn. You intentionally "miss" clear-cutting some strips or segments of the lawn, making it appear like some careless unfinished job :) Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
      
      Lion
      
      Our yard has definitely caused a fuss with the neighbors over the years. We have only mown the areas where we walk the dog (to avoid bothering any snakes or other critters). The rest we have always let grow wild. We have always had more birds, bugs, deer, rabbits, etc--and we have been right in the middle of town.
      
      I love the idea of the "drunken lawn." I wish more people would implement them! Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes, it's a nice first step for people to get used to the idea. Not a radical change, more a gradual change. As for what the neighbors find, they should bring to the police. (sorry, silly dutch saying). Posted 6 years ago

The Marsh Bristlegrass

''Setaria parviflora'' is a species of grass known by the common names marsh bristlegrass, knotroot bristle-grass, bristly foxtail and yellow bristlegrass. It is native to North America, including Mexico and the United States from California to the East Coast, Central America and the West Indies, and South America.

This grass is a perennial with small, knotty rhizomes. It produces stems 30 centimeters to well over one meter tall. The leaf blades are up to 25 centimeters long and under.. more

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Similar species: Grasses, Bromeliads, Sedges

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling