Weed Identification Grasses National Railroad Contractors Association
Crabgrass Summer annual Flat, spreading 4 part seed structure
Bearded sprangletop Annual
Foxtail - Summer Annual Green foxtailGiant foxtail Yellow foxtail Compact seed head bent, straight, drooping
Grasses - Perennial
Bermudagrass Perennial – Stolon Stolons – horizontal above ground stems
Cattail Perennial – Creeping rhizome Rhizomes – horizontal underground stems Compact brown flower head Long narrow leaves
Johnson Grass - Creeping rhizome Reproduces by creeping rhizome horizontal underground stem Reddish flower structure seedling Tall mature plant
Phragmites (common reed)