. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. WEEDS OF. THE GRASS family. 53 Panicum capjllare L. (A. N. 2.) awn-pointed. Seeds J inch long, pale brown, flat on one side, rounded on tbe other. (Fig. 18.) Frequent in barn-yards, orchards and rich moist waste places. June-Sept. Often cut for forage when other grass is scarce. Seeds distributed in clover and millet seed, also by wind. Remedies: mowing before the seeds are ripe; clean clover seed. Old-witch Grass. Tumble-weed. Tickle-grass. Erect or suberect, 1-2 feet high, much branched from the base; sheaths hispid or hairy; leaves 6-12 inches long, more or l
. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. WEEDS OF. THE GRASS family. 53 Panicum capjllare L. (A. N. 2.) awn-pointed. Seeds J inch long, pale brown, flat on one side, rounded on tbe other. (Fig. 18.) Frequent in barn-yards, orchards and rich moist waste places. June-Sept. Often cut for forage when other grass is scarce. Seeds distributed in clover and millet seed, also by wind. Remedies: mowing before the seeds are ripe; clean clover seed. Old-witch Grass. Tumble-weed. Tickle-grass. Erect or suberect, 1-2 feet high, much branched from the base; sheaths hispid or hairy; leaves 6-12 inches long, more or less hairy. Flowers in a spreading panicle; spikelets, single, scattered, borne on very slender stalks; lower glume half the length of the empty upper one. Seeds straw-color, very small, smooth and shining. (Fig. 19.) Common in old cultivated fields, especially those with a dry or sandy soil. July—Oct. The spreading tops, being very brittle, break off in au- tumn and are blown into fence cor- ners or against some barrier where they form great piles. Remedies: mowing and burning to prevent seeding. About 30 species of Pani- cum grow wild in Indiana, all of which are more or less weedy in character, though some of them are cut for hay when other grass is Fig. 19. a, b and c, spikelets; d, flowering glume; e. palea. (After Scribner.) 5. Ixophorus glaucus L. Yellow Foxtail. Pigeon-grass. Pussy-grass. (A. I. 1.) Stems several, erect, more or less branched, 1-3 feet high; leaves 2-0 inches long, smooth. Spikes straw-yellow, cylindrical, dense, 1-4 inches long; spikelets oval, much shorter than the cluster of 6 to 11 yellow bristles which spring from beneath them, these roughened or barbed up- ward. Seeds brownish, I inch long, flattened on one side, much wrinkled crosswise. (Figs. 6, g: 20.) One of our worst weeds, occurring everywhere in cultivated grounds; also in meadows, lawns and pastures. July-Sept. The seeds in grain fields mostly ripen after the corn has been laid b
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