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Jointed Goatgrass
Poaceae (=Gramineae), the grass family

Background

Jointed GoatgrassJointed goatgrass is native of southern Europe and western Asia. It is also closely related to wheat that both species can interbreed. It is difficult to distinguish from wheat until spikes appear. It spreads exclusively by seed. Jointed goatgrass grows best in cultivated fields, but can also invade grassland.

Description

Jointed goatgrass is a winter annual,Jointed Goatgrass but about 5 percent of a populations may be spring annuals. Leaves are grass-like, up to a 1/2-inch wide, and have evenly spaced fine hairs along the leaf edges and down the sheath opening. The ligule is short and membranous; auricles are short and hairy. Stems can grow up to 4 feet tall and are tipped with slender, cylindrical spikes that appear to be a series of joints stacked on top of each other. Reddish to straw-colored spikes emerge in May to June, and uppermost joints are tipped by straight awns. Up to 3 "seeds" are enclosed in each joint.

Distribution

JJointed Goatgrass distribution mapointed goatgrass is found in all major U.S. winter wheat production regions---from Texas to South Dakota and eastern Montana, and in portions of the Northwest and Utah.

Control

No biological control agents are available for jointed goatgrass, and no herbicides are available that can selectively control it in winter wheat; spring tillage and general grass killers provide excellent control.

© 1999 University of Idaho: Text and photographs for these pages from Idaho's Noxious Weeds, by Robert H. Callihan and Timothy W. Miller (revised by Don W. Morishita and Larry W. Lass).

Please contact: Ag Publishing, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-2240; 208 882-7982 visit the Resources for Idaho website at http://info.ag.uidaho.edu, for more information about this or other publications.

 

 

 

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