Dicanthelium clandestinum

Common Name: 
deer tongue grass
Scientific Name: 
Dicanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes
Culms
upright, tall, long hairs, clumped or in sizable colonies, become branched in late season
Culms of Deertonguegrass
Culms of Deertonguegrass
Culms of Deertonguegrass
Culms of Deertonguegrass
Leaves
blades spreading, lanceolate, cordate and clasping bases, often hairy at base, conspicuous midrib, rolled in the bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, sometimes with fringe of hairs; sheaths stiff hairs with warty bases
Leaves of Deertonguegrass
Seedheads
primary terminal panicle, secondary (late in season) concealed in sheaths of branched stems, large seeded
Leaves of Deertonguegrass