[The Genus Dactylis East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington] - [Grasses East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass

Dactylis glomerata

Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata

Inflorescence of Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata)

Orchard-grass blooming in open, burned forest (2021 Lick Creek Fire) along spur road 42-160 enroute to Cabin and Sheep Ridges, Umatilla National Forest......June 17, 2023.

Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) - Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) - Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) - Cock's Foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata)

Orchard-grass as seen growing in disturbed ground at the intersection of Laurel Road and the Glenwood-BZ Corners Road just southwest of Conboy Lake NWR........June 15, 2008.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Cock's-foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) - Cock's-foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) - Ligule and sheath of Cock's-foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) - Cock's-foot Grass, Orchard-grass: Dactylis glomerata (Synonym: Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata)

Orchard-grass as found along the Springwater Trail between Gresham, OR and Boring, OR........May 21, 2011.

Paul Slichter