Hardgrass, Common Hardgrass
Sclerochloa dura (L.) Beauv.
Poaceae (Grass Family)
▲▼ mature plants
▲ flattened stem bases
▲▼ inflorescences
▲ inflorescence close-up
▲ ▼ ligule (above) and sheath and collar regions (below) on a leaf
Common Hardgrass:
· Cool-season annual, bunch-grass with flattened growth habit (like goosegrass)
· Grows 1-6” tall
· Leaves are strongly folded, medium to dark green in color, with flattenened stem bases
· Inflorescences is a dense, stiff, compact panicle that is sort of held upside down by inflorescence rachis
· Tolerates compacted soils
· Becoming more common in southwest Missouri
