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Purpletop Grass

Tridens flavus

Description:

Tall grass

1 Species ID Suggestions

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago
Purpletop
Tridens flavus Purpletop (Tridens flavus cupreus)


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3 Comments

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago

Yes, it does. The tops of Johnson Grass are light and yellowish when young. Turning tan to brown later. If the grass starts out with this much red-purple-maroon color, it's probably Putpletop. Could be exceptions, I guess ... there often are!

Eis4Xtreme
Eis4Xtreme 10 years ago

How would you differentiate between the two? It looks really similar to Johnson grass.

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago

Very similar "profile" to Johnson Grass ... I love it when people take photos of grasses!

Eis4Xtreme
Spotted by
Eis4Xtreme

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Aug 16, 2013
Submitted on Aug 16, 2013

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