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Crab Grass ~ Couch Grass ~ Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Originally, this species comes from the savannas of Africa and "grows in open areas where there are frequent disturbances such as grazing, flooding, and fire. Although most of these species have remained in Africa, today Cynodon dactylon is found in warm climates all over the world between 45° south and 45° north latitude." ~ blueplanetbiomes.org

Habitat:

desert wadis in the spring after a wet winter with floods

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Comments (4)

Thanks, Leuba! It reminded me of grass from my childhood in America - and now I know why!
I remember similar grass in India. It had 4 or 5 spikes. Nice !

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