Botany quiz #2

[per]

some sort of festuca

 

[Turkey Track Bar]

Here's an easy one! Any guess's? It has already went to seed as this was taken last fall.

My vote is for Indian Rice Grass...

Cheers---

TTB :wink:

 

[leanin' H]

Indian rice grass it is!!!!!! TTB wins! It is a great native grass out here that cows love. It usually grows high on the ridges in this country and makes them range a little out of the bottom of the canyon.

 

[Turkey Track Bar]

Indian rice grass it is!!!!!! TTB wins! It is a great native grass out here that cows love. It usually grows high on the ridges in this country and makes them range a little out of the bottom of the canyon.

leanin' H:

I don't know as I've seen Indian Rice Grass here in North Central SD, but at my folks place in NW NM, it is a very beneficial forage species. It seems to really like the Great Basin/High Mountain Desert terrain and soil; and actually I wouldn't be surprised if it is commonly found around Miles City MT.

Thanks for sharing your plant...maybe if you keep postin' I can keep guessin'

Cheers---

TTB :wink:

 

[randiliana]

OK, here are a couple

#1

#2

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Gumbo orchid

Venus slipper

Three flowered avens Prairie Smoke


Last one is driven me nuts. I have seen it and can't find it or remember it's name.

 

[randiliana]

BMR, there are only 2 plants there, #1 and #2 :lol: :wink: .

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

BMR, there are only 2 plants there, #1 and #2 :lol: :wink: .

That was tricky. I wasn't paying attention to how you posted them.

The top two sure don't look alike but I guess it was the angle.

The bottom one looked familiar but I didn't look close enough at the leaves once i guessed the third one. :???:

 

[randiliana]

I strive to be tricky :lol: :lol:

 

[Clarencen]

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Is that Pale Comandra?

 

[Clarencen]

This plant is a Menzella, sometimes called stickleaf because the leaves may stick to you. I have only found one of these on my ranch even though i have some sandhills. I found it two years ago while cutting hay. I took the picture of the one I showed several years back. I had a Sandhill pasture leased then and there were quite a number of them there. I identified them as "Tenpetal Menzella". That name was not quite correct as it is the Bractless Menzella that grows in this area "Menzella nuda" It is quite common, now that I recognize it I have seen it along highway 20 in Nebraska and along the western part of highway 30. and have seen Menzellas in the South Dakota Badlands.
It blooms in late July and in August. Blossoms open in late afternoon or evening. I believe Larson and Johnson call it tenpetal blazing star in their book.