Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Is this what everyone calls crabgrass? I'm guessing that Lori KP (see comments) is right: it's goosegrass (Eleusine indica).

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5 comments:

  1. Yep. We've got a ton of that stuff in Phoenix. They say the roots grow six feet deep. Not sure if that is true or not. Nice to meet you!

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  2. Thanks for the confirmation. The roots are tough, I know that. Nice to meet you too.

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  3. I've heard that grasses are very difficult to correctly identify. I admit to cluelessness!

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  4. might be dallisgrass, paspalum dilatatum. simliar to crab, but spreads by rhizomes and mature leaves have no hairs. crab has hairs.

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  5. Goosegrass or Eleusine indica

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