NOTES: Seedheads have 3-7 finger-like spikes arranged like a pinwheel. Flat stems and hairy ligules. Native to tropical and subtropical countries worldwide.
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Bermuda Grass
Genus species:
Cynodon dactylon
Common Name:
Bermuda Grass
Family Name:
Poaceae
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody in a few genera; stems terete, internodes hollow or solid; leaves alternate, 2-ranked, simple, and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases, the sheaths usually open, typically with a ligule at junction of sheath and blade; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, subtended by bracts (a lemma and usually a palea), in spikelets usually subtended by a pair of bracts (glumes); fruit a caryopsis.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Nonnative
Category:
Grass
CNC Habitat:
Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:
R. Gardner
Months in Bloom:
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.