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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Grasses, Sedges, and Allies

This guide contains grasses, sedges, and rushes that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Hairy Crabgrass 1
Digitaria sanguinalis
barnyardgrass 2
Echinochloa crus-galli
yellow foxtail 3
Setaria pumila
hooked bristle grass 4
Setaria verticillata
Green Bristle Grass 5
Setaria viridis
mat sandbur 6
Cenchrus longispinus
hairy rosette-panicgrass 7
Dichanthelium acuminatum
Heller's Rosette Grass 8
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Scribner's Panicgrass 9
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
witch grass 1
Panicum capillare
Proso Millet 10
Panicum miliaceum
switchgrass 8
Panicum virgatum

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