Warm Season

Over the #summer, warm-season grasses emerge, grow, and flower. These grasses provide #habitat and #forage for #wildlife. Join Erin Garrett to review the basics of grass identification, and dive into identification of warm-season grasses in Illinois. The grasses included are species you can find while out hiking, as well as in disturbed areas and roadsides. Both native and non-native grasses in Illinois are included.
This webinar was originally recorded on August 18, 2021.
0:00 Introduction
0:55 What is a Grass?
3:14 What is a Warm-Season Grass?
6:57 Grass ID Basics
17:22 Warm-Season Grass Profiles
49:19 Review and Resources
50:57 Questions
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[@CWorgen5732]

Thank you for this, I'm in another state and the one I want to identify wasn't in this, but your explanation of the structures was very helpful.

[@abydosianchulac2]

*NATIVE GRASSES*
17:36 Sideoats Grama, _Bouteloua curtipendula_
20:00 Prairie Cordgrass, _Spartina pectinata_
21:34 Indiangrass, _Sorghastrum nutans_
23:27 Switchgrass, _Panicum virgatum_
25:21 Little Bluestem, _Schizachyrium scoparium_
26:45 Broomsedge, _Andropogon virginicus_
29:00 Big Bluestem, _Andropogon gerardii_
31:15 Purpletop, _Tridens flavus_
33:48 Prairie Dropseed, _Sporobolus heterolepis_
34:42 Purple Lovegrass, _Eragrostis spectabilis_
36:23 Gama Grass, _Tripsacum dactyloides_
39:14 Giant Cane, _Arundinaria gigantea_
40:10 Nimblewill, _Muhlenbergia schreberi_
41:36 Muhly Grass, _Muhlenbergia sobolifera_
42:40 White Grass, _Leersia virginica_
43:55 Beaked Panic Grass, _Panicum anceps_
*INVASIVE GRASSES*
45:06 Common Reed, _Phragmites australis_
46:25 Johnsongrass, _Sorghum halepense_