Grasses

Question 1

Answer 1

Lolium perenne

Low-growing
• Slender, thick spikelets attach with
edge, with awns and anwless
• Flowering: second half of June
• Shiny leaves with high quality
• Using: in pastures, in lawns

Question 2

Answer 2

Lolium perenne

Low-growing
• Slender, thick spikelets attach with
edge, with awns and anwless
• Flowering: second half of June
• Shiny leaves with high quality
• Using: in pastures, in lawns

Question 3

Answer 3

Elymus repens

High-growing
• Spikelets attach flatwise, awns or awnless,
lemma is sharpening from top
• Flowering: June/July
• Leaves: thin, hairy, dullish green, in crushing,
they have a typical and intense „grass smell“
• Uses: weed in grasslands, varieties for lawn

Question 4

Answer 4

Elymus repens

High-growing
• Spikelets attach flatwise, awns or awnless,
lemma is sharpening from top
• Flowering: June/July
• Leaves: thin, hairy, dullish green, in crushing,
they have a typical and intense „grass smell“
• Uses: weed in grasslands, varieties for lawn

Question 5

Answer 5

Phleum pratense

High-growing ability, high quality forage
• Coarse and dense flowerhead, blunt (tömp) on
tip, panicle is in touching comparatively rough
• Leaves: wide, light-green or bluish with
membranous ligule
• Flowering: beginning of July, reproduction
with seeds
• Using: on pastures, meadows, lawns, lays

Question 6

Answer 6

Phleum pratense

High-growing ability, high quality forage
• Coarse and dense flowerhead, blunt (tömp) on
tip, panicle is in touching comparatively rough
• Leaves: wide, light-green or bluish with
membranous ligule
• Flowering: beginning of July, reproduction
with seeds
• Using: on pastures, meadows, lawns, lays

Question 7

Answer 7

Alopecurus pratensis

High-growing ability and high quality forage.
• Coarse and plunt (tömp) and dense
flowerhead; soft and smooth, angle awns give
the appearance of a fox’s tail.
• Flowering: middle or end of May
• Reproducing: with seeds and rhizomes.
• Using: for pastures and meadows

Question 8

Answer 8

Alopecurus pratensis

High-growing ability and high quality forage.
• Coarse and plunt (tömp) and dense
flowerhead; soft and smooth, angle awns give
the appearance of a fox’s tail.
• Flowering: middle or end of May
• Reproducing: with seeds and rhizomes.
• Using: for pastures and meadows

Question 9

Answer 9

Sesleria caerulea

Low-growing, indicator species for
calcareous soils.
• Panicle bluish, roundish, short
• Flowering time: middle or end of May
• Leaves: few narrow 2-4 mm leaves
• Using: only for ornamental use, natural dry
grasslands

Question 10

Answer 10

Sesleria caerulea

Low-growing, indicator species for
calcareous soils.
• Panicle bluish, roundish, short
• Flowering time: middle or end of May
• Leaves: few narrow 2-4 mm leaves
• Using: only for ornamental use, natural dry
grasslands

Question 11

Answer 11

Arrhenatherum elatius

Two flowers in spikelet with one long angled awn
• Flowering time: June-September
• Using: in meadows, in lawns

Question 12

Answer 12

Arrhenatherum elatius

Two flowers in spikelet with one long angled awn
• Flowering time: June-September
• Using: in meadows, in lawns

Question 13

Answer 13

Dactylis glomerata

High quality forage, forming low tufts.
• Spiklets have been united into rounded
dense sub-inflorescences (lobes). When
bending lobes they detach, stems and
vegetative tillers are flat
• Leaves: soft, till 60 cm long and 10 mm wide
• Flowering time: May/early June
• Using: in pastures, meadows, lawns.
• Reproducing: by seeds

Question 14

Answer 14

Dactylis glomerata

High quality forage, forming low tufts.
• Spiklets have been united into rounded
dense sub-inflorescences (lobes). When
bending lobes they detach, stems and
vegetative tillers are flat
• Leaves: soft, till 60 cm long and 10 mm wide
• Flowering time: May/early June
• Using: in pastures, meadows, lawns.
• Reproducing: by seeds

Question 15

Answer 15

Phalaris arundinacea L.

• Flowerhead is tight, similar to orchardgrass,
lobes do not detach
• Leaves: thin and wide (till 20mm) leaves
• Flowering time: Second half of June
• Using: in meadow, for energy (one of the
most productive), in ornamental purposes
• Reproducing: by seeds and by short rhizomes

Question 16

Answer 16

Phalaris arundinacea L.

• Flowerhead is tight, similar to orchardgrass,
lobes do not detach
• Leaves: thin and wide (till 20mm) leaves
• Flowering time: Second half of June
• Using: in meadow, for energy (one of the
most productive), in ornamental purposes
• Reproducing: by seeds and by short rhizomes

Question 17

Answer 17

Bromus inermis Leyss.

• Medium quality forage
• Long brownish rounded spikelets, awnless,
when top gets heavy, the branches shift over to
one side.
• Leaves: blades 20 to 38 cm long, 0.6 to 1.3 cm
wide, flat.
• Flowering time: End of June-beginning of July
• Reproducing: by seeds, by rhizomes.
• Using: for meadows

Question 18

Answer 18

Bromus inermis Leyss.

• Medium quality forage
• Long brownish rounded spikelets, awnless,
when top gets heavy, the branches shift over to
one side.
• Leaves: blades 20 to 38 cm long, 0.6 to 1.3 cm
wide, flat.
• Flowering time: End of June-beginning of July
• Reproducing: by seeds, by rhizomes.
• Using: for meadows

Question 19

Answer 19

Festuca Pratensis

High quality forage
* Awnless, panicle is slender.
* Leaves are shiny and thinny.
* Flowering time: end of June
* Reproducing: by seeds
* Using: in meadows, pastures, lawns, lays

Question 20

Answer 20

Festuca Pratensis

High quality forage
* Awnless, panicle is slender.
* Leaves are shiny and thinny.
* Flowering time: end of June
* Reproducing: by seeds
* Using: in meadows, pastures, lawns, lays

Question 21

Answer 21

Festuca arundinacea

• Medium quality forage, on of the most
  productive species.
• Large seedhead, awnless.
• Broader leaves are shiny and thicky, with
  prominent and deep veins.
• Flowering time: end of June – early July
• Reproducing: by seeds or short rhizomes
• Using: in meadows, pastures, lawns

Question 22

Answer 22

Festuca arundinacea

• Medium quality forage, on of the most
  productive species.
• Large seedhead, awnless.
• Broader leaves are shiny and thicky, with
  prominent and deep veins.
• Flowering time: end of June – early July
• Reproducing: by seeds or short rhizomes
• Using: in meadows, pastures, lawns

Question 23

Answer 23

Molinia caerulea

• Thin and short seedhead, bluish, only one
  node close to the ground.
• Leaves: coarse, green, taper to a point,
  long, flat and sometimes slightly hairy on
  top
• Flowering time: July - September.
• Reproducing: by seeds
• Using: toxic, for ornamental purposes

Question 24

Answer 24

Molinia caerulea

• Thin and short seedhead, bluish, only one
  node close to the ground.
• Leaves: coarse, green, taper to a point,
  long, flat and sometimes slightly hairy on
  top
• Flowering time: July - September.
• Reproducing: by seeds
• Using: toxic, for ornamental purposes

Question 25

Answer 25

Festuca rubra L. * Low to medium quality forage * With awns, old, dead basal leaf sheaths are reddish brown. * Leaves: shiny and thicky with prominent veins, rolled in the buds. * Flowering time: End of May - June. * Reproducing: by seeds, by rhizomes. * Using: in meadows, pastured, lawns, ornamental purposes

Question 26

Answer 26

Festuca rubra L. * Low to medium quality forage * With awns, old, dead basal leaf sheaths are reddish brown. * Leaves: shiny and thicky with prominent veins, rolled in the buds. * Flowering time: End of May - June. * Reproducing: by seeds, by rhizomes. * Using: in meadows, pastured, lawns, ornamental purposes

Question 27

Answer 27

Poa pratensis L. * Medium quality forage * Smooth stems at the bottom of dense seedhead * Leaves: narrow and long leaves with fairly prominent double mid-vein, folded in the bud and boat-shape on the tip. * Flowering time: End of June - July. * Using: pastures, meadows, lawns

Question 28

Answer 28

Poa pratensis L. * Medium quality forage * Smooth stems at the bottom of dense seedhead * Leaves: narrow and long leaves with fairly prominent double mid-vein, folded in the bud and boat-shape on the tip. * Flowering time: End of June - July. * Using: pastures, meadows, lawns

Question 29

Answer 29

Poa trivialis * Medium to low quality forage * Coarse stem at the bottom of seedhead * Flowering time: End of June - July. * Leaves: narrow and long leaves with fairly prominent double mid-vein, folded in the bud and boat-shape on the tip. Thinny and softer * Reproducing: by seeds * Using: in pastures, lawns

Question 30

Answer 30

Poa trivialis * Medium to low quality forage * Coarse stem at the bottom of seedhead * Flowering time: End of June - July. * Leaves: narrow and long leaves with fairly prominent double mid-vein, folded in the bud and boat-shape on the tip. Thinny and softer * Reproducing: by seeds * Using: in pastures, lawns

Question 31

Answer 31

Agrostis capillaris (tenuis) * Spikelet with one flower, slender, tiny, stems and inflorescence axes are very thin, bluish. * Fine leaves * Flowering time: End of June - August. * Reproducing: by seeds, rhizomes, stolones * Using: in lawns

Question 32

Answer 32

Agrostis capillaris (tenuis) * Spikelet with one flower, slender, tiny, stems and inflorescence axes are very thin, bluish. * Fine leaves * Flowering time: End of June - August. * Reproducing: by seeds, rhizomes, stolones * Using: in lawns

Question 33

Answer 33

Deschampsia caespitosa * Bad quality forage * Spikelets (1-3 flowers) are covered with lumes; forms large dense tufts. * Leaves: rough-textured leaves with the sharp edge of the page and deep veins. * Flowering time: End of June - July. * Using: ornamental plants, lawns

Question 34

Answer 34

Deschampsia caespitosa * Bad quality forage * Spikelets (1-3 flowers) are covered with lumes; forms large dense tufts. * Leaves: rough-textured leaves with the sharp edge of the page and deep veins. * Flowering time: End of June - July. * Using: ornamental plants, lawns

Question 35

Answer 35

Briza media L. * Tiny, violett, flattened dense spikelets. * Growing on neutral - alkaline soils * Flowering time: May - September. * Using: ornamental species.

Question 36

Answer 36

Briza media L. * Tiny, violett, flattened dense spikelets. * Growing on neutral - alkaline soils * Flowering time: May - September. * Using: ornamental species.