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Orchard Grass - Dactylis glomerata
Other Names:  Orchardgrass, Cock's-foot, Cat Grass

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Non-native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNA

Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 0

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General Description
Cool season, perennial bunchgrass, commonly forms tussocks. Stems 80–200 cm. Leaves: blades flat and lax to ascending, 4–8 mm wide; ligules membranous, 3–9 mm long; sheaths with overlapping margins and dorsally keeled. Inflorescence a contracted secund panicle 4–20 cm long. Spikelets 5–8 mm long with 3 to 6 florets. Lemmas 4–6 mm long, keeled and inconspicuously veined, awnless or awn-tipped; palea enclosed in lemma. Disarticulation above glumes; unit of dispersal the floret (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Unknown/Undetermined
 


Range Comments
Introduced throughout most of North America (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 209

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Habitat
Open meadows and open understory where moderately disturbed, including road and trailsides, as well as in lawns (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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Orchard Grass — Dactylis glomerata.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from