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Monoculture of smutgrass at the Garden Area on Red Hill
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Panicle
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Clump grass that can produce seeds within 2 weeks
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Dominant plant along a fire lane in the NE Tract of ABS
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Land
Management Program at Archbold Biological Station
P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, FL 33862
Phone 863-465-2571 FAX 863-699-1927
E-mail: landmanager@archbold-station.org
Smutgrass (Sporobolus indicus var. indicus)
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Monoculture of smutgrass at the Garden Area on Red Hill
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Panicle
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Clump grass that can produce seeds within 2 weeks
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Dominant plant along a fire lane in the NE Tract of ABS
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Smutgrass top-killed by frost
Bert Crawford, ABS Maintenance Supervisor, lighting off a pasture dominated
by smutgrass in the Reserve.
After cold weather top-kills smutgrass, the plant burns very intensely.
Smutgrass at the Lousy 10 treated with Roundup 3%
Pre-treatment (1/03) |
Post Treatment (3/03) |
Photo Credits: Jeff Hutchinson
• Hutchinson, J.T.,
April 2003.
© Archbold Biological Station, 2003 April.
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