Timber Oatgrass
Danthonia intermedia

Family: Grass (Poaceae)
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Photo taken on: September 18, 2011
Location: Wet Mountains, Eastern CO
Life Zones: Montane to alpine
Habitat: Meadows, woods, talus

Grows to 18" in clumps with a stout stem. Flower spike is up to 2" long with papery bracts on the flowers. Flowers can be purplish.

Parry's Oatgrass
Danthonia parryi

Family: Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on: July 10, 2017
Location: Canada Bonita Trail, Santa Fe NF, NM
Life Zones: Foothills, montane and subalpine
Habitat: Dry to moist open slopes

Similar to Timber Oatgrass but spikelets are larger, ¾" long. The inside of the spikelet is fuzzy with hairs. D. parryi grows to 32" tall, taller than D. intermedia.