Question: This was sticking up out of a mass of green. I didn't see which leaves went with the stalk. The …
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This was sticking up out of a mass of green. I didn't see which leaves went with the stalk. The seeds look adapted to sticking to things, shaped like Bidens. Clearing in woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Sharing habitat with goldenrod and Rubus.
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Dear jfc, this is a grass called Timothy (Phleum pratense), which is quite ubiquitous in New England. The two-pronged structure you mention is made up of two glumes (one each facing the other), the prongs are "awns", bristles a the tips of grass floral scales.
