Common pictures of plants that can found throughout the state of Texas. The plants listed are grasses on the 4H Plant list from Alkali Sacaton to Canada Wildrye.

1. Texas 4-H Master Plant List
Grass Quiz

3. Open Panicle Inflorescence
Robust root system
Very small seeds
Part of the dropseed family.
ALKALI SACATON
PWNPF

5. BAHIAGRASS
PWIPF
Inflorescence usually has
2 branches (sometimes 3)
-3-5 inches
Purple rhizomes

7. BARNYARDGRASS
AWIPP
Broad leaves up to 1 inch wide
Inflorescence with 8-15 branches;
That may have awns.

9. Beaked Panicum
PWNFG
Open panicle 5-10in W
by 10-18 in H
Seed are curved like a “beak”
Scaly rhizomes

11. Bermudagrass
PWIPG
Stoloniferous
Inflorescence: 3-6 branches; thin

13. Big Bluestem
PWNPG
Tall – 6-7 ft.
Inflorescence: 3-5 branches (turkey foot)
Hair on leaves and stem ONLY when young

15. Black grama
PWNGG
Fuzzy – slick stems
Stolons
Grama inflorescence

17. Blue grama
PWNGG
No black dots on inflor.
No “stinger” on inflor.
Inflor. looks like an eyebrow

19. Broomsedge bluestem
PWNPP
Flat base
Bunchgrass
Thick (like a broom) silver inflor.

21. Brownseed paspalum
PWNFF
Limousin eye seed
(dark with light ring)
Inflor. 3-7 branches
Round seeds

23. Buffalograss
PWNFG
Stolons
Short (6-12inches tall)
Inflor. Branches 2-3; short

25. Buffelgrass
PWIPG

27. Burrograss
PWNPP

29. Bush muhly
PWNPG
Short internodes
Tad pole seeds

31. California cottontop
Green seeds with thick
Cotton-like hair

33. Canada wildrye
PCNFG
Inflor.: makes V shape
Long awns (cold in canada)