Family: Poaceae Grass Family
Plant group comprising one of the largest families of flowering plants. Formerly referred to as Graminae.
Genus: Elymus Wildrye
About 50 species of perennial forage grasses native to temperate and cool parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Tribe Triticeae.
Scientific Name: Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Common Name(s): Quackgrass, Couchgrass, Sand Lovegrass, Creeping Quackgrass, Coutch, Dog grass, Quick grass, Scutch, Twitch grass
Growth Type: perennial
Species Description: An introduced perennial cool season perennial rhizomatous grass. A weed in pastures and crops although it has been utilized as a forage grass. Formerly classified as [Agropyron repens].
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| Caption: Quackgrass with maturing inflorescence and the dense branching rhizomes of a quackgrass plant.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-020 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescence, root
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| Caption: A quackgrass seedling approximately 3 inches in height.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-021 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seedling
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| Caption: Dense cluster of quackgrass.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-008 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescence
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| Caption: Drawing of quackgrass showing the membranous ligule.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-002 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): leaf, seedling
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| Caption: Growth habit of quackgrass.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-003 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): flowering, mature
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| Caption: Illustration of quackgrass detailing its leaf, membranous ligules, auricles, and hairy sheath
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-019 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): leaf
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| Caption: Illustration of quackgrass detailing the inflorescence and its rhizomatous growth habit.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-001 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescence, mature, root
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| Caption: Illustration of quackgrass detailing the membranous ligule, auricles, inflorescence and its rhizomatous growth habit.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-004 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescence, leaf, mature, root
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| Caption: Quackgrass and its spreading, branching rhizomes.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-018 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): root, vegetative
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| Caption: Quackgrass in its vegetative state and a mature quackgrass inflorescence.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-017 Source: 35mm slide (illustration) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescence, mature, vegetative
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| Caption: Quackgrass leaves, membranous ligules, and auricles.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-016 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): leaf
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| Caption: Quackgrass seedling approximately 2.5 inches tall.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-006 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seedling
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| Caption: Quackgrass seeds.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-010 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Quackgrass seeds.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-011 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Quackgrass seeds.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-012 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Quackgrass seeds.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-013 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Quackgrass spikelet and individual florets.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-009 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Quackgrass spikelets.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-014 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Quakgrass seeds.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-007 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: Seed of quackgrass.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-005 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed
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| Caption: The leaf collar, auricles and open sheath of quackgrass.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-022 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): leaf
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| Caption: Vegetative quackgrass with rhizome.
ID: Hrb-AGRRE-015 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): root, vegetative
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