Need help identifying weed
 

I know it is hard to determine a weed from a description, but maybe I will
get lucky. First a little background. I am in Zone 7. I have an El Toro
lawn, which was sodded 20 months ago. Last year was the first full year for
the lawn. Around July of last year, a weed or grass started growing in the
lawn, which I would like to identify and kill.

The weed has a cylindrical stem, sort of like a dandelion, but much thinner.
A couple inches up the stem several grass like leaves/limbs/branches branch
out. The top of the stem has a brown seed cluster. About 7 to 10 days
after mowing, the seed head will be visible and if I go about ten or more
days between mowings, it is taller than the El Toro, and then gives the
whole lawn a brownish look.

Any clue what this could be? I would like to see if I can identify it and
do something to prevent it from sprouting this year. Last year I should have
brought a sample to the extension office, but kept procrastinating.

Billy

Need help identifying weed
 

On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 06:57:25 GMT, "Billy" wrote:

I know it is hard to determine a weed from a description, but maybe I will
get lucky. First a little background. I am in Zone 7. I have an El Toro
lawn, which was sodded 20 months ago. Last year was the first full year for
the lawn. Around July of last year, a weed or grass started growing in the
lawn, which I would like to identify and kill.

The weed has a cylindrical stem, sort of like a dandelion, but much thinner.
A couple inches up the stem several grass like leaves/limbs/branches branch
out. The top of the stem has a brown seed cluster. About 7 to 10 days
after mowing, the seed head will be visible and if I go about ten or more
days between mowings, it is taller than the El Toro, and then gives the
whole lawn a brownish look.

Any clue what this could be? I would like to see if I can identify it and
do something to prevent it from sprouting this year. Last year I should have
brought a sample to the extension office, but kept procrastinating.

Billy

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/weeds_common.html
http://whizlab.isis.vt.edu/servlet/wid?table=grasses
http://www-aes.tamu.edu/mary/Wdid.htm

I dont have a clue and i am in zone 7. But here are some sights. One
you describe it in more length .....check out the 3rd link first. Good
luck.

Need help identifying weed
 

On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 06:57:25 GMT, "Billy" typed
these words:

I know it is hard to determine a weed from a description, but maybe I will
get lucky. First a little background. I am in Zone 7. I have an El Toro
lawn, which was sodded 20 months ago. Last year was the first full year for
the lawn. Around July of last year, a weed or grass started growing in the
lawn, which I would like to identify and kill.

The weed has a cylindrical stem, sort of like a dandelion, but much thinner.
A couple inches up the stem several grass like leaves/limbs/branches branch
out. The top of the stem has a brown seed cluster. About 7 to 10 days
after mowing, the seed head will be visible and if I go about ten or more
days between mowings, it is taller than the El Toro, and then gives the
whole lawn a brownish look.

Any clue what this could be? I would like to see if I can identify it and
do something to prevent it from sprouting this year. Last year I should have
brought a sample to the extension office, but kept procrastinating.

Billy


Plantain? Most especially "narrow-leaf" or "english" plantain?
Plantago somethingorother. Maybe _officinalis.

HTH

peace,
Julie
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Funny thing, i was thinking plantain too. Hopefully this image links ok...

http://www.lepetitherboriste.net/herbier/plantain.jpg