ORCHARDGRASS Dactylis glomerata

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How to identify Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) • This is orchardgrass, a Eurasian grass from the family Poaceae that is commonly cultivated, but has become an escaped weed. It is a perennial that sets its seeds in midsummer. • This plant grows in a bunchgrass habit and has leaf blades which are folded from the bud. The ligules are membranous and there are no auricles. The leaves are light green in color and hairless. • The seed head is a spike of one-sided clusters of seeds on small branches. • The plant grows an extensive, dense shallow root system, and only reproduces via seed. • Orchardgrass likes a variety of different soils and will tolerate both high heat and heavy shade. • This plant is edible and is cultivated as a livestock forage. • • Sources: • Weeds of the West, 5th Edition (1991) by Tom D. Whitson, published by the Western Society of Weed Science • University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources IPM – Weed Gallery • http://ipm.ucanr.edu/ • United States Department of Agriculture – Plant Database • https://plants.usda.gov

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