Panicum capillare
Synonyms
Old Witchgrass, Tickle-grass, Tumble Weed-grass, Witches-hair
ID Characteristics
Life cycle: Summer annual
Growth Habit: Bunch type
Propagation: Seed
Ligule: Fringe of hairs
Auricles: Absent
Vernation: Rolled
Collar: Very hairy
Root Type: Fibrous
Seedhead Color: Greyish-green
Multimedia
Similar Species
- Couchgrass Elymus repens
- Panicum, Fall Panicum dichotomiflorum
Herbicidal Control Options
- Preemergence: Bensulide, DCPA, Oxadiazon, Pendimethalin, Prodiamine
- Post Emergence: Fenoxaprop, Topramezone
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