Photo 87814, (c) Friends of Five Creeks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Friends of Five Creeks

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What

Purple Needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)

Observer

fivecreeks

Date

March 4, 2012

Description

Needlegrass is just beginning to flower; this is from very high on the hill, in full sun. I don't know whether this is Stipa lepida, cernua, or pulchra, but it's lovely to see the long, delicate needles flashing in the breeze. At the foot of the clump is last fall's goldenrod.

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