range grass id
GF: A, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: C, OD: fuzzy sheath + blades
Cheatgrass
GF: R, Ligule: H, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: O, OD: coarse, rough and scaley
Sandgrass
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: Yes, CR: G sheath: C, OD: large auricles
Russian wildrye
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: G sheath: C, OD: copressed sheath and culm
orchard grass
GF: R, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: G sheath: C, OD: M or W on leaf blade
smooth brome
GF: R, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: G sheath: O, OD: boat shaped leaves
Kentucky blue grass
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: O, OD: none
Foxtail barely
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: Yes, CR: G sheath: O, OD: upper leaf pubescent
Crsted wheatgrass
GF: B, Ligule: NA, Auricles: NA, CR: G sheath: C, OD: rusty crown base
thread leaf sedge
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: O, OD: ligule truncate and obtuse
Green needlegrass
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: Yes, CR: G sheath: O, OD: prominent mid vein on leaf
Northern wheatgrass
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: G sheath: O, OD: scaley bulb on base
Prairie Muhley
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: Yes, CR: G sheath: O, OD: purple auricles
Western wheatgrass
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: G sheath: O, OD: bulbous base (smooth)
Timothy
GF: R, Ligule: NA, Auricles: NA, CR: G sheath: C, OD: rusty base
Low sedge
GF: R, Ligule: M, Auricles: Yes, CR: G sheath: O, OD: fuzzy below auricles
QUACK GRASS
GF: B, Ligule: H, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: O, OD: long tufts of hair @ collar
Red three awn
GF: B, Ligule: H, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: O, OD: curled leaves w/ dessicated tips
Blue grama
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: G sheath: O, OD: split ligule
Needle and thread
GF: B, Ligule: M, Auricles: No, CR: H sheath: O, OD: prominent leaf venation
Junegrass