1. Weed Identification Grasses National Railroad Contractors Association

2. Crabgrass Summer annual Flat, spreading 4 part seed structure

3. Bearded sprangletop Annual

4. Foxtail - Summer Annual Green foxtailGiant foxtail Yellow foxtail Compact seed head bent, straight, drooping

5. Grasses - Perennial

6. Bermudagrass Perennial – Stolon Stolons – horizontal above ground stems

7. Cattail Perennial – Creeping rhizome Rhizomes – horizontal underground stems Compact brown flower head Long narrow leaves

8. Johnson Grass - Creeping rhizome Reproduces by creeping rhizome horizontal underground stem Reddish flower structure seedling Tall mature plant

9. Phragmites (common reed)