needlegrass
Poky prairie forage plant
Needlegrass is any of various grasses with sharp, needle-like seeds that can pierce skin or animal tissue.
The pointed seeds disperse by embedding themselves in fur, clothing, or flesh.
Native to prairies and rangelands, needlegrass can injure grazing livestock when the seeds work into mouths, eyes, or hides.
Grass growing in clumps
- perennialRecurring each year
- seedheadMature flower bearing seeds
- inflorescencePlant's complete bloom arrangement
- tussockClump of coarse grass
awn · spikelet · floret · culm · blade · sheath · rhizome · dormancy
Open grassy flatland
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
rangeland · foothill · plain · chaparral · sagebrush · intermountain · Great Plains · California
Bristle on grain
- barbedHaving sharp projections
- pointedTapering to a tip
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- penetratingPassing into or through
Seek food actively
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- rangelandLand for grazing animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
palatability · nutritive · curing · hay · overgrazing · carrying capacity · browse
Originating from a place
- endemicNative to one area
- restorationReturning something to condition
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- wildlife habitatEnvironment supporting wild species
erosion control · biodiversity · pollinator · seed dispersal · ground-nesting · conservation · prescribed burn
bunchgrass
Grass growing in clumps
- perennialRecurring each year
- seedheadMature flower bearing seeds
- inflorescencePlant's complete bloom arrangement
tussock · awn · spikelet · floret · culm · blade · sheath · rhizome · dormancy · germination
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
meadow · rangeland · foothill · plain · chaparral · sagebrush · intermountain · Great Plains · California · dryland
awn
Bristle on grain
forage
Seek food actively
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- rangelandLand for grazing animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
livestock · palatability · nutritive · curing · hay · overgrazing · carrying capacity · browse
native
Originating from a place
- endemicNative to one area
- restorationReturning something to condition
- grazingFeeding on pasture
wildlife habitat · erosion control · biodiversity · pollinator · seed dispersal · ground-nesting · conservation · prescribed burn
- grassesbluegrass, bermudagrass, fescue, ryegrass, bentgrass
- Range Plantssagebrush, big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, saltbush, greasewood
- prairie grassesblue grama, buffalograss, wheatgrass
- steppe plantswormwood, sagebrush, feathergrass, fescue, bunchgrass
- California plantsCalifornia poppy, coast redwood, giant sequoia, Joshua tree, manzanita
- chaparralmanzanita, scrub oak, greasewood, redshank, white sage
needlegrasssoft grass
bluegrass · fescue · bentgrass · ryegrass · buffalo grass
needlegrasspasture grass
Vegetation livestock eat outdoors
alfalfa · clover · timothy · wheatgrass · sweetgrass
grass, needle, needled, needlework, needling, needlelike, needler, needleworker