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Questions and Answers: 2019

Question: On the shady side of a road in the woods in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

  • Question

    On the shady side of a road in the woods in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

    Answer

    Dear jfc, this is Dactylus glomerata (orchard grass), a very common grass in human-disturbed and human-maintained areas in New England. It has stiff, bunches of one-sided clusters of flowers (much more visible if you spread open the branches of the panicle).