groups 7 and 8

threadleaf groundsel

Asteraceae: Senecioneae

PNW

Full yellow flower, thin narrow leaves, prickly hairs, base of flower looks like pleated skirt

gray horsebrush

Asteraceae: Senecioneae

PNW

Greyish, hairs, bald below where leaves attach, tube flower has 4 filares

Gambel's oak

Fagaceae

PNC

Lots of deep lobes, round margins

Sand shinnery oak

Fagaceae

PNW

Shorter, various leaf shapes, shallow lobes

Post oak

Fagaceae

PNW

Ghost shape leaf

ripgut brome

Poaceae: Bromeae

AIC

Longest sharp awns (in tribe), droopy panicle, thick florets, v neck + hair

smooth brome

Poaceae: Bromeae

PIC

V short/no awns, elongated, slender, not as droopy panicle, v neck, leaves have an ”m” imprint

cheatgrass

Poaceae: Bromeae

AIC

V droopy, lots of narrow spikelets, medium awns

chamise

Rosaceae

PNE

Woody, looks like rosemary stems, whipy stems, ty flowers

serviceberry

Rosaceae

PNC

Ty flowers, ½ round and ½ serrated leaves

curlleaf mountain mahogany

Rosaceae

PNE

Rolled over leaf margins-boat like, light on bottom and dark on top, feathery styles

blackbrush

Rosaceae

PNE

All yellow flower, thorny, small fascicle leaves, opposite leaves and stems

Apache plume

Rosaceae

PNC

Pink jelly fish, shrubby, ty flower, frog feet leaves

McCartney rose

Rosaceae

PIC

Ty flower, thorny, compound leaves, small serrations on leaves,

wild rose

Rosaceae

PNC

Pink flower, prom serrations on leaves, flap on leaf base

Dotted gayfeather

Asteraceae: Eupatorieae

PNW

Purple, stiff thin linear leaves, cigar shape inflorescence (immature), hole leaves

Snowberry

Caprifoliaceae

PNC

White berries, egg shape leaves w reg margin, opposite leaves, pink tube flow

four-wing saltbush

Chenopodiaceae

PNE

Frilly 4 wing seeds, thin linear stuck out leaves, grey leaves

halogeton

Chenopodiaceae

AIW

Red stem, fleshy leaves w barb at end

kochia

Chenopodiaceae

AIW

Pyramid shape, medium soft leaves, fort

winterfat

Chenopodiaceae

PNC

White (live) yellow (pressed), v hairy, leaves w mid vein and slight curl

Russian thistle

Chenopodiaceae

AIW

Purple stripes (young), spikes at end of leaves, round shape

sandbur

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

Flathead’s

Arizona cottontop

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

V white and fuzzy, tomato seeds

Hall's panicum

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

Curled when dormant, hairy at base, open panical, large round seeds no awns, short

vinemesquite

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

Circular seeds, closed panicle, faint mid vein

switchgrass

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

Tall, round florets, uneven glumes, pube nodes

knotgrass

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

V shape, caterpillars with circles, black dots, 2 row florets

buffelgrass

Poaceae: Paniceae

PIW

Wiry wavy bristles attached to seed

plains bristlegrass

Poaceae: Paniceae

PNW

Wiry bristles NOT attached to seeds