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02-05-2006, 12:30 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden

said:

One thing for sure, what Chas has is not crabgrass. I line in NJ and
immediately recognized this as the same thing I have in a few spots in
my lawn. It's lighter in color, grows faster than the surrounding
grass, is most noticeable this time of year, then either greatly
diminishes or disappears by summer, only to reappear in the same spot
next spring. It doesn't look at all like crabgrass, which grows
lower to the ground. This stuff grows low for the first inch or so,
then shoots up straight.

I've got clumps of similar grass. I let one grow up to flowering and
IDed it as orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata). Perennial, tolerates poor
soil and shade.
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