Kansas playas

Guide to plants found in western Kansas playas

cheatgrass 1
Bromus tectorum
Buchloe dactyloides 2
Bouteloua dactyloides
Shortbeak Sedge 3
Carex brevior
Heavy-fruited Sedge 4
Carex gravida
bottlebrush sedge 5
Carex hystericina
Short-point Flatsedge 6
Cyperus acuminatus
Great Plains Flatsedge 7
Cyperus lupulinus
rough cockspur 8
Echinochloa muricata
spikerushes 8
Eleocharis
Needle Spikerush 9
Eleocharis acicularis
Bald Spikerush 10
Eleocharis erythropoda
Pale Spikerush 11
Eleocharis macrostachya
Canada wild rye 12
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 13
Hordeum jubatum
little barley 14
Hordeum pusillum
Leptochloa 15
witch grass 16
Panicum capillare
Smooth Witchgrass 17
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Pascopyrum smithii 18
Elymus smithii
foxtails and bristlegrasses 19
Setaria
Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies 20
Sorghum
sand dropseed 8
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Wheats 21
Triticum
Maize 22
Zea mays
squirreltail 8
Elymus elymoides
purple three-awn 23
Aristida purpurea
sideoats grama 24
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 25
Bouteloua gracilis

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