Your search found 12 image(s) of seedheads of Bottlebrush Grass, Cereal Rye, and Virginia Wild-rye.
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Look for it in fields
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Spike 6-15cm long including awns, 12-15mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Spikelets alternate on opposite sides of rachis, mostly 2-flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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In habit resembling wheat, but usually taller, spike more slender, nodding, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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The lemmas have awns 2-6 cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix var. hystrix
Look for it in moist forests, dry forests esp over more fertile soils
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Lemmas convex, rigid, tapering into slender, straight awns 1-4cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Awned spikelets spread at right angles to rachis; glumes absent or reduced, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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Spikelets usually 2 per node of rachis, usually horizontally divergent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Rachis internodes 5-10mm, spikelets horizontally spreading toward maturity, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
Virginia Wild-rye, Common Eastern Wild-rye, Terrell Grass
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus
Look for it in moist forests
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The "bow-legged" glumes are a good mark of recognition, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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Can be confused with Secale cereale which often nods but has longer bristles, per Grasses, an Identification Guide by Lauren Brown.
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Elymus species' spikelets are sessile, usually in 2s, alternating on spike, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.