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Crab Grass ~ Couch Grass ~ Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Description:

Originally, this species comes from the savannas of Africa and "grows in open areas where there are frequent disturbances such as grazing, flooding, and fire. Although most of these species have remained in Africa, today Cynodon dactylon is found in warm climates all over the world between 45° south and 45° north latitude." ~ blueplanetbiomes.org

Habitat:

desert wadis in the spring after a wet winter with floods

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4 Comments

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 7 years ago

Thanks, Ori, for the ID!

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 7 years ago

Thanks, Leuba! It reminded me of grass from my childhood in America - and now I know why!

Ori Fragman-Sapir
Ori Fragman-Sapir 7 years ago

Cynodon dactylon

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 7 years ago

I remember similar grass in India. It had 4 or 5 spikes. Nice !

Bernadette S
Spotted by
Bernadette S

دهب, جنوب سيناء, Egypt

Spotted on Apr 24, 2014
Submitted on Feb 3, 2017

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