Common Name: small carpgrass, hairy jointgrass jointhead arthraxon, small carpetgrass
Family Name: Poaceae - True grass family
Native Range: Japan and eastern Asia
NJ Status: Widespread and highly threatening to native communities.
• Annual grass found in wet areas
• Grows to 1.5’ tall
• Leaves are 1 - 3” long, 1/5” (0.5 cm) wide; have heart-shaped bases.
• The margins of the leaves have conspicuous hairs
• Flowers bloom in early fall and are contained in 1 to several, 1 - 3” long spikes
• Fairly tight spiked arrangement of flowers
• The seeds are slender and yellowish in color, measuring 0.2” long
• Sunny and moist
• Edge, Floodplain Forest, Lake or Pond, Open Disturbed Area, Pasture, River or Stream, Wet Meadow
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• Arrangement of flowers is pyramid shaped
• Slightly larger, covered with stiff hairs, and its leaves are generally longer and pointy in shape.
• Usually be found in drier sites
• Leaves do not have a heart-shaped base.
• Glyphosate 3.00%
• Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information.
• Quizalofop 0.38%
• Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information.
• Prodiamine - See Label Instructions