Dropseed (3)
Pine Dropseed
Blepharoneuron tricholepis
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA: Hairy Dropseed
Photo taken on:
October 18, 2011
Location:
White Rock, NM
Life Zones:
Foothills to subalpine
Habitat:
Open areas, conifer forests
A slender plant growing to 3 ½ft tall with a long, grayish seed head. Flowers are tiny on slender side branches.
Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
August 24, 2011
Location:
White Rock, NM
Life Zones:
Foothills and montane
Habitat:
Open areas, roadsides
Grows to 3ft with an open pyramid shape. Tiny flowers are purplish. A leaf often sheathes the flower head and sticks out at a right angle as the grass matures. There is a conspicuous tuft of white hair where the leaf joins the stem.
Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
October 16, 2014
Location:
Abiquiu, NM
Life Zones:
Plains and foothills
Habitat:
Open sandy areas, woodlands
Grows in a tuft to 3ft tall. A leaf with hairy edges sheathes the flower head and sticks out at an angle as the grass matures. The flower head is a dense, narrow cylinder of tiny, greyish flower spikes.