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Hairy Crabgrass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Hairy Crabgrass is a green plant that grows close to the ground. It has soft, hairy leaves and can spread quickly in gardens and lawns.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Hairy Crabgrass has broad, dull green leaves covered in tiny, soft hairs, especially near the base, giving it a fuzzy feel. Its stems often root at the nodes and grow low to the ground, with distinctive finger-like seed heads branching out from a central point, typically purplish-green.

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Hairy Crabgrass
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Hairy Crabgrass

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A single Hairy Crabgrass plant can produce over 150,000 seeds in one season!

Before it was a common weed, its seeds were ground into flour by ancient peoples!

Its seeds can stay dormant in the soil for years, waiting for the perfect moment to sprout!

This grass is so tough, it can grow through cracks in concrete sidewalks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Rooting Runner

Hairy Crabgrass can root along its stems where they touch the ground, creating new plants and spreading quickly.

Fähigkeit

Seed Sprinkler

Hairy Crabgrass produces thousands of tiny seeds per plant, ensuring new growth even if the parent plant is removed.

Fähigkeit

Drought Dodger

Hairy Crabgrass has a strong, fibrous root system that helps it find water and survive dry spells when other plants wilt.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-60 cm
Ausbreitung
30-100 cm
Blütezeit
Sommer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Wind

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

eats the plant's abundant seeds

eaten by

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

grazes on its leafy foliage

eaten by

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

forages for its small seeds

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always check with an adult before touching or picking plants.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Hairy Crabgrass?

10-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Hairy Crabgrass?

30-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Hairy Crabgrass?

Sommer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Hairy Crabgrass?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Hairy Crabgrass?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Hairy Crabgrass?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Hairy Crabgrass?

Wind

Wo findet man Hairy Crabgrass normalerweise?

Urban areas

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