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Picture of growth habit.

Scientific Name

Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald

Common Name(s)

American sloughgrass

Tribe / Family Name

Poeae

Flowering Period

June to July

Symbol

BESY

Description

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Picture of growth habit.

Picture of growth habit.

Close-up picture of the inflorescence. Note the branched spikelets borne closely together in spikelike arrangements along the rachis.

Close-up picture of the inflorescence. Note the branched spikelets borne closely together in spikelike arrangements along the rachis.

Close-up picture of membranous ligule.

Close-up picture of membranous ligule.

Illustration of American sloughgrass. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. <i>Manual of the grasses of the United States</i>. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.

Illustration of American sloughgrass. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. <i>Manual of the grasses of the United States</i>. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.