United States Department of Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

Office of Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustrations of Crop and Weed Seeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 1

Negative #19806

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Redtop

 

 

13

Fairway Crested Wheatgrass

2

Bent Grass

 

 

14

Standard Crested Wheatgrass

3

 Spike Bentgrass

 

 

15

Intermediate Wheatgrass

4

Spike Bentgrass

 

 

16

Hair Intermediate Wheatgrass

5

Velvet Bentgrass

 

 

17

Fine Hairgrass

6

Elliot Bentgrass

 

 

18

Silver Hairgrass

7

Winter Bentgrass

 

 

19

Short-awn Foxtail

8

Ticklegrass

 

 

20

Carolina Foxtail

9

Quackgrass

 

 

21

Water Foxtail

10

Western Wheat Grass

 

 

22

Meadow Foxtail

11

Slender Wheat Grass

 

 

23

Slender Foxtail

12

Tall Wheat Grass

 

 

24

Poverty Three-awn

 

 

Plate 2

Negative #19807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Big Bluestem

 

 

37

Oat (red)

26

Sand Bluestem

 

 

38

Fatuiod Oat

27

Little Bluestem

 

 

39

 Wild Oat

28

Yellow Beardgrass

 

 

40

Slender Oat

29

Australian Bluestem

 

 

41

Sand Oat

30

Angelton Grass

 

 

42

Narrow Leaved Carpet Grass

31

Silky Bluestem

 

 

43

Broad Leaved Carpet Grass

32

Broomsedge

 

 

44

American SloughGrass

33

Sweet Vernal Grass

 

 

45

Buffalo Grass

34

Windgrass

 

 

46

Side Oats Grama

35

Tall Oatgrass

 

 

47

Blue Grama

36

Oat (White)

 

 

48

Hairy Grama

 

 

Plate 3

Negative #19808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

Downy Chess

 

 

61

Club-awn Grass

50

Barren Chess

 

 

62

Bermuda Grass

51

Japanese Chess

 

 

63

Field Sandbur

52

Hairy Chess

 

 

64

Crested Dogtail

53

Chess

 

 

65

Bristly Dogtail

54

Soft Chess

 

 

66

Orchard Grass

55

Smooth Brome

 

 

67

Poverty Oatgrass

56

Rescue Grass

 

 

68

Poverty Oatgrass

57

Mountain Brome

 

 

69

Tufted Hairgrass

58

Slender Chloris

 

 

70

Crinkled Hairgrass

59

Windmill Grass

 

 

71

Desert Saltgrass

60

Rhodes Grass

 

 

72

Seashore Salgrass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 4

Negative #19809

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

Slender Crabgrass

 

 

85

Lacegrass

74

Smooth Crabgrass

 

 

86

Stinkgrass

75

Large Crabgrass

 

 

87

Boer Lovegrass

76

Jungle Rice

 

 

88

Weeping Lovegrass

77

Barnyard Grass

 

 

89

Lebman Lovegrass

78

Japanese Millet

 

 

90

Sand Lovegrass

79

African Millet

 

 

91

Centipede Lovegrass

80

Goosegrass

 

 

92

Louisana Cupgrass

81

Canada Wild-rye

 

 

93

Meadow Fescue

82

Blue Wild-rye

 

 

94

Tall Fescue

83

Russian Wild-rye

 

 

95

Red Fescue

84

Virginia Wild-rye

 

 

96

Rattail Fescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 5

Negative #19810

 

 

97

Nitgrass

 

 

109

Fall Witchgrass

98

Mannagrass

 

 

110

Perennial Ryegrass

99

American Mannagrass

 

 

111

Italian Ryegrass

100

Fowl Mannagrass

 

 

112

Persian Ryegrass

101

Lizard-Tail

 

 

113

Darnel

102

Velvet Grass

 

 

114

Molasses Grass

103

German Velvet Grass

 

 

115

Moorgrass

104

Barley

 

 

116

No Common Name

105

Little Barley

 

 

117

Rice

106

Meadow Barley

 

 

118

Indian Rice Grass

107

Foxtail Barley

 

 

119

Smilo

108

Wall Barley

 

 

120

Timothy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 6

Negative #19811

 

 

121

Beaked Panicgrass

 

 

130

Hillman's panicgrass

122

Blue Panigrass

 

 

131

Hairy panicgrass

123

Berg's Panicgrass

 

 

132

Guinea Grass

124

No Common Name

 

 

133

Broomcorn Millet

125

Witchgrass

 

 

134

Vine Nesquite

126

Barbed Witchgrass

 

 

135

Para Grass