Common Name(s): | Prairie Cupgrass, Cupgrass,Prairie |
Scientific Name: | Eriochloa contracta |
Family: | Poaceae |
Longevity: | Annual |
Season: | Warm |
Origin: | Native |
Height: | 15 - 75 cm |
Flowers: | Apr - Nov |
Description: A weedy occurring in fields and ditches throughout our region. The inflorescence is narrow, and each spikelet rests on a cup-like structure at the tip of a nearly glabrous pedicel. It forms bushy clumps and its leaves have dense, soft pubescence. It has good forage value for cattle. |