How to identify grasses?

Grasses often take a good bit of work looking at very small structures, some of which you only have access to when they’re blooming or in seed.

Here is a very basic overview of the sorts of things you need to pay attention to when identifying grasses.

Here is a longer ID guide with photos to demonstrate real-world examples of what the structures looks like.

And another for common grasses in the US.

Some native forage grasses in the southern states.

One on pasture grasses.

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