Bothriochloa barbinodis

It is a perennial bunchgrass growing in upright clumps. The straw-colored stems have nodes at intervals, which are fringed with fluffy hairs. The leaves are 20 to 30 centimeters (8-12 inches) long and blue-green when new, drying to a reddish yellow. The inflorescence is a feathery array of spikelet units. Each unit is composed of one hairy, tan, fertile spikelet with a twisted awn up to 3.5 centimeters long twinned with a stalked, sterile spikelet which is much smaller and lacks an awn. The long-haired spikelets are wind-dispersed. It can indicate overgrazing, as it is often one of the first native species to be eliminated in damaged areas.