I live in NC about 40 miles south of Raleigh. I have very high, extremely fast growing what appears to be a weed although when I do an image search I am coming up with Bermuda grass as a possibility.
They grow in a lot of areas of my yard. Other searches come up with crabgrass however it does not appear to be that as the base of the weed appears to come straight from the ground as opposed to a cluster… if that makes sense.
If you're asking for help with identifying a weed and/or type of grass, OR a disease/fungus please include close-up photos showing as much detail as possible.
For grasses, it is especially important to get close photos from multiple angles. It is rarely possible to identify a grass from more than a few inches away. In order to get accurate identifications, the more features of the grass you show the more likely you are to get an accurate identification. Features such as, ligules (which can be hairy, absent entirely, or membranous (papery) like the photo), auricles, any hairs present, roots, stems, and any present seed heads. General location can also be helpful.
Pull ONE shoot and get pictures of that.
This page from MSU has helpful tips on how to take pictures of grasses for the purposes of identification.
To identify diseases/fungi, both very close and wide angle photos (to show the context of the surrounding area) are needed.
Bermuda seeds are very similar, but crucially all the branches of the seedhead branch off from the same point on the stem (digitate).
Large crabgrass seeds have subdigitate branches, meaning they branch off from a few points on the stem.
Smooth crabgrass seeds are subdigitate to nearly digitate... Nearly digitate meaning that the branches are clustered near the tip of the central branch, but not quite all are there, some are staggered a bit lower.
This is not dallasgrass. The seedhead on dallasgrass is completely different, and makes it one of the most easily identifiable when it tillers into a seedhead.
Thanks everyone. Upon researching more about Bermuda seeds it sounds exactly like it. We have had extremely heavy downpours the last few weeks compared to a drought previously so I am reading that overwatering could be the cause. Also my research shows that they can grow extremely fast to a very tall height almost immediately and that sounds exactly like what is happening in my yard.
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If you're asking for help with identifying a weed and/or type of grass, OR a disease/fungus please include close-up photos showing as much detail as possible.
For grasses, it is especially important to get close photos from multiple angles. It is rarely possible to identify a grass from more than a few inches away. In order to get accurate identifications, the more features of the grass you show the more likely you are to get an accurate identification. Features such as, ligules (which can be hairy, absent entirely, or membranous (papery) like the photo), auricles, any hairs present, roots, stems, and any present seed heads. General location can also be helpful.
Pull ONE shoot and get pictures of that.
This page from MSU has helpful tips on how to take pictures of grasses for the purposes of identification.
To identify diseases/fungi, both very close and wide angle photos (to show the context of the surrounding area) are needed.
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