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Perennial summer grass.
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Grows in clumps from short thick rhizomes.
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Leaf sheaths at base of plant sometimes rough hairy.
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Leaf blade, smooth on both surfaces, with a few long
hairs at leaf base and behind ligule at base of leaf blade.
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Seedheads (spikelets) are arranged in four rows on
three to seven alternate branches.
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Reproduces by seed and very short rhizomes.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
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Postemergence - MSMA*
- ( repeated applications).
- glyphosate (non-selective).
(Best for
spot treating small areas)
* Use only on bermuda and zoysia;
kills centipede and St. Augustine.
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Three to seven alternate branched
seedheads.
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