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Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Reddish base. Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Tall fescue

Reddish base. Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of Jeffery Borger.

Clumps of tall fescue. Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Tall Fescue

Clumps of tall fescue. Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Clump of tall fescue. Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Tall Fescue

Clump of tall fescue. Image courtesy of the slide collection of Jack Harper.

Image courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Ridged upper-surface. Image courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Tall Fescue

Ridged upper-surface. Image courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Image courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

Tall Fescue

Image courtesy of Matthew Naedel.

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Plant Identification

  • Plant Identification Overview
  • Broadleaf Weeds
    • Broadleaf Weeds Overview
    • Aster, Whiteheath
    • Brambles
    • Buckwheat, Wild
    • Burcucumber
    • Burdock, Common
    • Buttercup, Tall
    • Butterfly-weed
    • Carrot, Wild
    • Catchfly, Night-flowering
    • Chickweed, Common
    • Chickweed, Mouseear
    • Clover, White
    • Cinquefoil, spp.
    • Chicory
    • Coltsfoot
    • Cornmint
    • Cornspurry
    • Cucumber, Wild
    • Daisy, Ox-eye
    • Dandelion, Common
    • Dock, Broadleaf
    • Dock, Curly
    • Dogbane
    • Dogfennel
    • Evening Primrose, Cutleaf
    • Fern, Eastern Bracken
    • Filaree, Redstem
    • Galinsoga, Hairy
    • Geranium, Wild
    • Goldenrod, Canada
    • Goosefoot, Nettleleaf
    • Ground Cherry, Clammy
    • Groundsel
    • Hawkweed, Yellow
    • Healall
    • Hemlock, Poison
    • Hemp, Sesbania
    • Henbit
    • Horsetail, Field
    • Ivy, Ground
    • Ivy, Poison
    • Jimsonweed
    • Knotgrass, German
    • Knotweed, Prostrate
    • Kochia
    • Ladysthumb
    • Lambsquarter
    • Lettuce, Prickly
    • Medic, Black
    • Mallow
    • Marestail
    • Mayweed
    • Milkweed
    • Morning-glory
    • Mugwort
    • Nightshade, Bitter
    • Oxalis
    • Plantain, Bracted
    • Plantain, Broadleaf
    • Plantain, Buckhorn
    • Passion Flower
    • Pea, Partridge
    • Pear, Prickly
    • Pearlwort, Birdseye
    • Pennycress, Field
    • Peppervine
    • Pigweed, Redroot
    • Pineapple-weed
    • Pokeweed, Common
    • Purslane
    • Ragweed, spp.
    • Redmaids, Fringed
    • Rocket, Yellow
    • Scarlet-pimpernel
    • Shepherds-purse
    • Sicklepod
    • Smartweed, Pennsylvania
    • Snakeroot, White
    • Snow on the Mountain
    • Sorrel, Red
    • Sowthistle, Perennial
    • Spanish-needles
    • Speedwell, Creeping
    • Speedwell, Ivyleaf
    • Speedwell, Thymeleaf
    • Sprangletop, Red
    • Spurge, Leafy
    • Spurge, Prostrate
    • Spurge, Spotted
    • Starbur, Bristly
    • St. Johnswort
    • Sumac, Poison
    • Swinecress
    • Thistle, Bull
    • Thistle, Canada
    • Trefoil, Birdsfoot
    • Trumpet-creeper
    • Velvetleaf
    • Verbena, Bigbract
    • Verbena, Sandpaper
    • Yarrow
    • Vetch, spp.
    • Violet
    • Watermelon, Wild
    • Whitlowgrass, Early
    • Witchweed, Asiatic
  • Grasses and Sedges
    • Grasses and Sedges Overview
    • Barnyardgrass
    • Barley, Little
    • Bentgrass, Creeping
    • Bluegrass, Annual
    • Bluegrass, Kentucky
    • Bluegrass, Rough
    • Bromegrass, Downy
    • Cane, Wild
    • Crabgrass, Smooth
    • Dallisgrass
    • Dayflower, Asiatic
    • Fescue, Fine spp.
    • Fescue, Tall
    • Foxtail, Green
    • Foxtail, Giant
    • Foxtail, Yellow
    • Goosegrass
    • Johnsongrass
    • Nimblewill
    • Nutsedge, Yellow
    • Onion, Wild
    • Orchardgrass
    • Panicum, Fall
    • Quackgrass
    • Rush, Toad
    • Ryegrass, Perennial
    • Sandbur, Field
    • Signalgrass, spp.
    • Smutgrass
    • Stinkgrass
    • Velvetgrass, Common
    • Witchgrass
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