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Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:21 pm
by Wingman
If you win you get to dove hunt Saturday. Don't cheat by looking at the file name for the pic.
All of these are growing in the same spot. It was disked and planted in rice last year. Water left to dry up on its own this year but most all water was gone by mid June. They are all "duck friendly", some being better seed producers than others. They are all "early successional" species, meaning they do best the first 2-3 years after soil disturbance like disking and then start to dwindle away or produce drastically fewer pounds of seed per acre as they are replaced by species that are not as favored by waterfowl.
The first five are in the grass family.
First three are practically blood kin. First two are natural and the same genus and species, but the variety is different. The third is a volunteer plant from last year's planting. They all 3 like it damp to wet and can grow in standing water.
A.
B.
C.
These two tend to like drier sites, or when water is drawn down later in the year. They will sometimes come up after A-C above have matured and died.
D.
E.
The next 3 are broadleaves.
F.
G.
H.
And this one is neither a grass or a broadleaf. It has reddish roots.
I.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:44 pm
by willowbrake
okay i will give it a shot
A. barnyard grass
B. jungle rice
c. jap millet
d. rice cut grass
e. sprangle top
f. pennsyvania smartweed
g.same but the seed pods
h. more smartweed
i. definitely yellow nutsedge, aka ground almonds!! my favorite!
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:31 pm
by Wingman
willowbrake wrote:okay i will give it a shot
A. barnyard grass
B. jungle rice NO but close
c. jap millet NO but close
d. rice cut grass NO but this can be found in your yard
e. sprangle top
f. pennsyvania smartweed NO
g.same but the seed pods NO
h. more smartweed
i. definitely yellow nutsedge, aka ground almonds!! my favorite! NO but very close
Every one is a different type plant.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:17 pm
by Sprangletop1
kinda tricky throwing the straight bayou grass in.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:37 pm
by Wingman
Sprangletop1 wrote:kinda tricky throwing the straight bayou grass in.
But the red head gives it away, if you've ever seen it.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:30 pm
by JaMak84
A. barnyard
B. I agree with willowbrake- jungle rice
C. chiwapa
D. sprangletop
E. panic grass
F. beggartick
G. Ragweed
H. Smart weed
I. Redrooted flat sedge
I'm just throwing crap against the wall and hoping something sticks on f and g
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:39 pm
by Northbigmuddy
G. Palmer Amaranth
If any wild game enjoys this weed I'd be set. As it sits I despise this weed.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:45 pm
by Wingman
JaMak84 wrote:A. barnyard
B. I agree with willowbrake- jungle rice It is echinocloa crus gali var. walterii is it not? Which would be Walter's barnyard.
C. chiwapa
D. sprangletop
E. panic grass I thought it was crabgrass. Panic grass has little bulbs on the ends I think
F. beggartick toothcup
G. Ragweed You work for who? Oh, that's right, the gov'ment. Pigweed.
H. Smart weed
I. Redrooted flat sedge
I'm just throwing crap against the wall and hoping something sticks on f and g
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:57 pm
by JaMak84
Wingman wrote:JaMak84 wrote:A. barnyard
B. I agree with willowbrake- jungle rice It is echinocloa crus gali var. walterii is it not? Which would be Walter's barnyard.
C. chiwapa
D. sprangletop
E. panic grass I thought it was crabgrass. Panic grass has little bulbs on the ends I think
F. beggartick toothcup
G. Ragweed You work for who? Oh, that's right, the gov'ment. Pigweed.
H. Smart weed
I. Redrooted flat sedge
I'm just throwing crap against the wall and hoping something sticks on f and g
You're right about the crab grass. And the pigweed is pretty obvious now. Everyone is entitled to a brain fart every now and then. And I don't get too specific on my millets. If it ain't barnyard it's "jungle rice"
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:08 pm
by Wingman
Ok I think I'm wrong on b but I don't think it's jungle rice. It may be rough barnyard (muricata) ?
And I thought the other was toothcup but I think you're right about beggarticks. My brain fart.
And the pigweed does look like a ragweed head.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:24 pm
by Sprangletop1
Look at the "F", it appears to be a old floret at the base of the node. If so, I will say it is tooth cup. Also biden will have compound leaves(fern like) that are opposite on the stem with dark green venation(like high lighted with dark green sharpie) at the base of the leaf. Would be interesting if you could pull entire sample from roots up and photo.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:45 pm
by Wingman
Okay, this is definitely toothcup. Found it in another impoundment:
Toothcup
Toothcup
And this is "F" in the first post. Definitely not toothcup.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:39 pm
by Sprangletop1
You sir are right, on the toothcup. Almost looks like alligator weed. But have not seen much of that since I have been around the Delta. Interesting. Was it a single erect plant or clumpy mat? Will look at again when I get better resolution on PC at home.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:46 am
by litlhitch
Sprangletop1 wrote:You sir are right, on the toothcup. Almost looks like alligator weed. But have not seen much of that since I have been around the Delta. Interesting. Was it a single erect plant or clumpy mat? Will look at again when I get better resolution on PC at home.
Could that plant in the last pic be tea weed?
We have tons of toothcup where I am. It turns brown relatively earlier than the other grasses.
And pigweed is definitely eaten by ducks. Find a lot of it in gadwall and teal. They like those small seeds. Browsed a lot by deer too.
Re: Moist soil plant quiz
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 2:19 pm
by Wingman
Not teaweed. I have tons of that in my dove field. I don't know what it is.