Question: Hi again Arthur. First of all, thank you (and NPT) so much for your excellent ID. Most of us should …
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Hi again Arthur. First of all, thank you (and NPT) so much for your excellent ID. Most of us should be able to do most of the ID with the help of our books and GO Botany, but sometimes I get totally stumped - and so I really appreciate your help! Ok so I'm working in a ag field Damariscotta Lake, and I'm concerned that some extremely aggressive grasses arrived in some fill when a farm road was rebuilt. Here are 3 of them. I think one is Reed Canary Grass, but the others... still working on.THX!
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Dear limnjucy, good morning. As best I can, from left to right, your grasses are Bromus inermus (smooth brome), Elymus repens (creeping wild-rye), and Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass). To be certain, if we are to identify any grasses in the future, I need an image of the inflorescence (which you have captured well here), one that is close-up of the spikelets, and one of the junction of the leaf sheath and blade (so I can see ligules and auricles, if present). Best wishes.
