Common Name: orchardgrassScientific Name: Dactylis glomerata L.Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and tillers Culmsupright, tall, dense clumps Leavesblades blueish-green, rough-textured, folded in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, tall; sheaths open, flattened Seedheadsstiff panicle, spikelets dense at tips