Wild Grasses - Dried Flower Arranging

Store in box or place in jars.

Beach-Grass, Matweed, or Sand Reed (Ammophila arenaria). Tall, erect, and rigid. Smooth spikelets. Cream colored.

Broom-Sedge or Turkey-Foot (Andropogon virginicus). One of the prettiest of the broom-sedges, so-called because the fruited branch resembles a turkey foot. Found in fields, August and September. Store in box or place in jar.

Carolina Sedge (Carex caroliniana). Culms very slender. Erect and tall. Found in fields and meadows. May to July. Store in box.

Early Hair-Grass. (Aspris praecox). Tall and erect. Blades long. Found in dry fields. May to July. Store in box.

Field-Balm or Basil-Thyme (Clinopodium nepeta). June to September. Use only gray calyx. Found in fields. Store in box.

Low Cyperus (Cyperus diandrus). Culms tufted; long, slender spikelets. Terminal clusters. Found in marshy places, August through October. Store in box.

Low Kyllinga (K. pumila). Culms densely tufted. Brown. Another favorite. Found in fields and meadows, August to September. Store in box.

Oat-Grass or Marsh False Oat (Trisetum pennsyl-vanicum). Long yellow spikelets. Found in lowlands or wet places. June and July. Store in box.

Orchard-Grass (Dactylis glomerata). Long green or white spikelets in dense clusters. One of the very prettiest of the grasses.

Pigeon-Grass or Yellow Foxtail (Chaetochloa glauca). Long yellow spikelets. July to September.

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