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Questions and Answers: 2019

Question: Photographed at Mass Audubon's Graves Farm Sanctuary. If there is enough shown to identify this plant, I'd be very grateful …

  • Question

    Photographed at Mass Audubon's Graves Farm Sanctuary. If there is enough shown to identify this plant, I'd be very grateful to know.

    Answer

    Dear HuntRoadRaven, you appear to have photographed Bromus inermus (smooth brome), a grass that is common in open areas and along roadsides. the long, cylindrical spikelets with short awns at the tips of the lemmas are good identifying traits.