Fox tail or wild grass? - Ask Extension
Can you please identify the pictures attached and let us know whether this is fox tail or a different kind of wild grass? Most importantly, we wou...
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Fox tail or wild grass? #577061
Asked July 05, 2019, 1:38 PM EDT
Can you please identify the pictures attached and let us know whether this is fox tail or a different kind of wild grass? Most importantly, we would like to know if it is not fox tail.
Douglas County Nevada
Expert Response
This is not a foxtail. I have attached links to the most common foxtails in our area for you to review.
This grass is most likely a type of Perennial Ryegrass, I do not believe from the photos that it is wheat.
https://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/nr/2010/fs1026.pdf https://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/grasses-and-grasslikes/foxtail-barley
https://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/ho/2018/sp1802.pdf
This grass is most likely a type of Perennial Ryegrass, I do not believe from the photos that it is wheat.
https://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/nr/2010/fs1026.pdf https://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/grasses-and-grasslikes/foxtail-barley
https://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/ho/2018/sp1802.pdf
