Leaves rolled in the bud (i.e. smooth crabgrass)

Leaves folded in the bud (i.e. goosegrass)

Common Name: yellow foxtail Family: Poaceae Genus: Setaria Species: glauca Summer annual

•long, silky hairs near leaf base only (distinguish from giant and green) •ligule is a fringe of hairs •Seedhead yellow

Common Name: green foxtail Family: Poaceae Genus: Setaria Species: viridis Summer annual

•leaves have no hairs •ligule is a fringe of hairs •seedhead greenish

Common Name: giant foxtail Family: Poaceae Genus: Setaria Species: faberi Summer annual

•upper surface of leaves covered in short hairs, except at the base • ligule fringe of hairs •seedhead larger than green or yellow foxtail, and droops when mature

Common Name: broadleaf signalgrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Brachiaria Species: platyphylla summer annual

•no hairs on leaf blades except margins •leaf sheaths hairy, often maroon •ligule is a narrow membrane fringed with hairs •rooting stem nodes •short blades sick out from stem

Common Name: fall panicum Family: Poaceae Genus: Panicum Species: dichotomiflorum Summer annual

•stem will bend at the nodes = zig-zag growth pattern •ligule is a fringe of hairs often fused at the base •prominent white midvein on leaf blades •hairs on lower surface of leaf blades as seedling, glabrous when mature

Common Name: crowfoot grass Family: Poaceae Genus: Dactyloctenium Species: aegyptium annual

Hairs extend outward from the margins at even spacing, rest of the plant usually hairless Seedhead resembles a crow’s foot Ligule is fringed, membranous at base

Common Name: bermudagrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Cynodon Species: dactylon perennial

•has rhizomes and stolons that root at the nodes •ligule is a fringe of hairs •leafs are sparsely hairy above, margins are rough •hairy collar region

Common Name: large crabgrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Digitaria Species: sanguinalis Summer annual

•densely hairy leaf and sheath •roots at the stem nodes, smooth crabgrass does not •large, jagged membranous ligule

Common Name: smooth crabgrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Digitaria Species: ischaemum Summer annual

•sheath and leaves generally without hairs (may be a few sparse hairs) •does not root at the nodes like large crabgrass

Common Name: goosegrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Eleusine Species: indica Summer annual

•Flattened stems with a white center •ligule fringed, uneven, and membranous •Leaves folded in the bud

Common Name: johnsongrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Sorghum Species: halepense perennial

•has rhizomes •very large, membranous ligule •leaf blades mostly glabrous, a few hairs may appear near the base •prominent white midvein on blades •may reach 6.5 feet tall!

Common Name: shattercane Family: Poaceae Genus: Sorghum Species: bicolor Summer annual

•Leaf blades wider and longer than johnsongrass when mature •No rhizomes •Large, membranous ligule

Common Name: annual bluegrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Poa Species: annua annual

•Ligule pointed and membranous •Leaves are light green and glabrous •Leaf sheaths compressed/flattened, without hairs

Common Name: dallisgrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Paspalum Species: dilatatum perennial

•Leaves rolled in the bud with hairs near collar only •Short rhizomes •Tall, membranous ligule •Seedhead spikelets covered with black, silky hairs

Common Name: barnyardgrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Echinochloa Species: crus-galli Summer annual

•No ligule •Leaf blades glabrous, may have a few hairs at the base •White midvein on leaf blades

Common Name: Japanese stiltgrass Family: Poaceae Genus: Microstegium Species: vimineum Summer annual

•Thrives in shaded areas •Roots at the nodes •Midvein does not divide leaf into equal halves •Very short membranous ligule •Leaf blades sparsely hairy on both surfaces