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Purpletop Grass

Tridens flavus

Photo by Eis4Xtreme
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Field Notes

Description:

Tall grass

Species ID Suggestions

Purpletop

Tridens flavus

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suzmonk
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Comments (3)
suzmonk
Yes, it does. The tops of Johnson Grass are light and yellowish when young. Turning tan to brown later. If the grass starts out with this much red-purple-maroon color, it's probably Putpletop. Could be exceptions, I guess ... there often are!
Eis4Xtreme
How would you differentiate between the two? It looks really similar to Johnson grass.
suzmonk
Very similar "profile" to Johnson Grass ... I love it when people take photos of grasses!

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