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Weed Description: A perennial bluegrass with stolons that may reach 1-3 feet in height. These plants go dormant throughout the summer and carry out their life cycle during the winter months. Found throughout the southeastern United States. |
Roughstalk Bluegrass: Poa trivialis
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Weed Description: A perennial bluegrass with stolons that may reach 1-3 feet in height. These plants go dormant throughout the summer and carry out their life cycle during the winter months. Found throughout the southeastern United States. |
| Stems: Covered
with many small hairs, with brown to purple bands surrounding the nodes. Leaves: Folded in the bud and have the boat-shaped tip typical of most bluegrass species. Leaf blades are 2-7 inches long, 2-5 mm wide, covered with many small hairs, with a relatively large (4-6 mm) membranous ligule. Flowers: The seedhead is a panicle very similar to other bluegrass turf species. |
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Roots: Fibrous roots with a stoloniferous root system (aboveground creeping roots) that contributes significantly to the spread of this weed. |
| Identifying Characteristics: As an agronomic weed, this weed should be relatively easy to distinguish from other grasses. The distinctive boat-shaped leaf tip, seedhead, growing season, and presence of stolons are all characteristics that help in the identification of this weed. |  |