• Wire–Stemmed Muhly
• Proso Millet
• Fall Panicum
• Quackgrass

Grass Weeds

Wire–Stemmed Muhly

1. stems slender and wiry	2. rhizomes short, scaley, branched, brittle and colour varying from beige to pink or purple	3. membranous ligule	4. numerous compact inflorescences
5. seedhead greenish- purple at maturity	6. much branching and bushy habit	7. stems can be erect or nearly prostrate

Proso Millet

1. young proso millet seedling	2. stout stems	3. leaves smooth to sparsely hairy, leaf sheaths densely hairy	4. panicles can be dense and arch to one side or erect and loose
5. panicle (top left) and hairy ligule, no auricles (bottom right)	6. flowers July to Sept	7. major weed of grain fields in parts of southern Ontario

Fall Panicum

1. young fall panicum plant	2. stems usually bend in a zigzag manner at each node	3. Fall panicum has a hairy ligule, no auricles
4. each spikelet at the end of a tiny branch	5. often roots from nodes touching the ground	6. erect or spreading or lying nearly prostrate on the ground

Quackgrass

1. young seedling	2. distinctive auricles	3. rhizomes or underground runners	4. slender non- branched spikes
5. spikelets alternate from one side to the other	6. the most troublesome perennial grass	7. flowers from June to Sept	8. might not flower through growing season