Question: While doing a check for invasive plants near a stream on my property in southern Vermont, I came across several …
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While doing a check for invasive plants near a stream on my property in southern Vermont, I came across several that I need to identify. These photos show two kinds of grass - there is one photo of each kind of grass as well as a photo of both grasses together. I think the first grass looks like Japanese Stiltgrass, but I need to be sure. I have no idea about the second kind. Can you help me?
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Dear lmc825, I can only help you a little with these photographs. Grasses are very difficult to identify from images alone, especially those that lack images of the reproductive material. One of your images has flowers (white paper in background), that one appears to be of the genus Brachyelytrum (wood grass). It is likely Brachyelytrum aristosum (northern long-awned wood grass), but I would not be able to tell without close-up images of the spikelets themselves. Best wishes.
