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Fall Witchgrass

LATIN NAME
Leptoloma cognatum

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • Short-grass with a large seedhead, nearly as wide as it is long.
  • The seedhead breaks loose at maturity forming small tumbleweeds.
  • One side of the leaf blade is wavey.
  • Is fairly palatable and is consumed by large and small mammals.
  • Upland game birds eat the caryopsis.
  • Adapted to both sandy or clay soils of the plains and prairies; often found alongside roadways.

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