What are the two families on this list?
Poaceae
Juncaceae
What is distinct about the stems of plants in Poaceae?
Hollow except at the nodes
What is distinct about the stems of Juncaceae?
stems are solid
What is the binomial name of Blue Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’
What is the binomial name of Blue Lyme Grass?
Leymus arenarius ‘Glaucus’
What is the binomial name of ribbon grass?
Phalaris arundinacea ‘Picta’
What is the binomial name of Giant Silver Grass?
Miscanthus x giganteus
What is the binomial name of Red/Purple Fountain grass?
Cenchrus setaceus ‘Rubrum’
What is the binomial name of Karl Foerster Moor Grass?
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea ‘Karl Foerster’
What is the binomial name of Lesser Corkscrew Rush?
Juncus effusus ‘Spiralis’
What are 2 ID features of Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’?
- Bluish foliage becomes purple in fall
- Purplish bronze flowers
Name 4 warm season grasses:
- Blue Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’
- Giant Silver Grass, Miscanthus x giganteus
- Red/Purple Fountain Grass, Cenchrus setaceus ‘Rubrum’
- Karl Foerster Moor Grass, Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea ‘Karl Foerster’
Name 2 cool season grasses:
-Blue Lyme Grass, Leymus arenarius ‘Glaucus’
- Ribbon Grass, Phalaris arundinacea ‘Picta’
Name one rush:
- Lesser Corkscrew Rush, Juncus effusus ‘Spiralis’
Which grass can tolerate full sun - full shade?
Blue Lyme Grass
Which plants on list 7: Grasses prefer full sun?
Blue Little Bluestem, Lesser Corkscrew Rush
Which 3 plants on List 7: Grasses are drought tolerant?
Blue Little Bluestem, Blue Lyme Grass, Giant Silver Grass
What is one grass that can tolerate air pollution?
Red/Purple Fountain grass
Which grass has blue-gray foliage and would do well stabilizing sand dunes?
Blue Lyme Grass
Describe the foliage and inflorescence of Phalaris arundinacea ‘Picta’
Leaves striped lengthwise
Light green and creamy white
Panicle inflorescence
Which grass has tall clumps of green leaves that arch gracefully in layers with large flower heads with soft-pink plumes emerging in fall?
Miscanthus x giganteus, Giant Silver grass
What is the common name of the grass that would work well as biomass/biofuel?
Giant Silver Grass
Which grass has arching, linear, narrow burgundy-red leaves with burgundy purple leaves emerging in summer-fall?
Red/Purple Fountain grass
Describe the leaves and flowers of Karl Foerster Moor Grass:
-Linear leaves that turn yellow in fall
- Panicles of purple flowers in summer
