RUSHES, SEDGES, GRASSES

Grasses, rushes, and sedges are found in Marianna. Each belongs to a different plant family. I have a few of the scientific names listed. One difference between all 3 is that grasses have a straight and hollow stems, rush stems are straight and solid, and sedge stems are solid and triangular. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to Pennsylvania rushes, grasses, or sedges. It is merely a place for me to document my findings, so that others may learn from them. 

GRASSES

Orchard grass, ?, Tall Fescue grass, Fall Panicum grass, Rye Meadow grass, Barren Bromegrass

Purpletop grass,  Perennial Ryegrass, ?, Cock's Foot grass, ?

Bearded Green Wheat, Barley, Sweet Vernal Grass, Timothy, ?

Wild Oats, Velvet Panicum, White Grass (Leersia virginica), Ticklegrass?

Switchgrass, Hairy crabgrass, ?, Blue Canary Grass(Phalaris coerulescens Desf.), Roughstalk Bluegrass

?,?,?,?, Ditch Millet

Bahiagrass, Winter Rye, Yellow Foxtail, Giant Foxtail, Japanese Stiltgrass

Switchgrass, Barley, Quackgrass?

RUSHES

?, ?

SEDGES

?,Bottlebrush Sedge, Fox Sedge, Tall Flat Sedge

OTHER INFO

Various types of grass for fall bouquets.

A couple of good guidebooks.

An online Introduction to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes HERE.

Months that grass types can be found:

Early May

Sweet Vernal Grass

Roughstalk Bluegrass

Blue Canary Grass

Middle May

Orchardgrass

August

Bahiagrass

Ditch Miller

Identify your plants online HERE.