Question: Greetings, On the off-chance that you're not too busy, I give you this grass (Panicum?) growing in a disturbed area …
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Question
Greetings, On the off-chance that you're not too busy, I give you this grass (Panicum?) growing in a disturbed area in Leicester, Massachusetts. The first picture shows the inflorescence pretty well, but the second picture showing the general gestalt is, unfortunately, a bit out of focus (note the second specimen to the left of the picture). I will collect and press the specimen this week. Thanks, as always, for your help. --Carl
Answer
Dear carl.moxey, the plant in your two images is a species of Echinochloa (barnyard grass), a genus related to Panicum, but with awned lemmas and obsolete ligules. There are not many species in New England, but they require close examination of the fertile lemma to distinguish. Best wishes.
