Cheatgrass

This nice droopy seeded grass is everywhere in Lafayette in the springtime. A cool season grass, it goes through its life cycle in the spring and will be dead and gone by summer. I'm calling it cheatgrass, it's one of the brome grasses, Bromus tectorum.

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The above picture was taken April 22, 2009 in Lafayette on 7th St. near Columbia St. The cheatgrass is just beginning to appear around town.

April 23, 2009, in Indianapolis at the corner of McCarty & South Meridian.

May 2, 2009, in a yard on Cincinnati St., Lafayette. The furry leaved plant on the right is lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina)

Link to Stachys byzantina:

May 2, 2009, behind the shopping center in Levee Plaza, West Lafayette.

May 2, 2009, at corner of State St. and Sheetz St., West Lafayette.


May 3, 2009, across Columbia St. from the J.C. Arthur house, Lafayette.