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Spiked Bur Grass (Tragus berteronianus)

Description

Spike burgrass is an annual, mat-forming grass that is a significant invader of disturbed areas in some parts of the world, but in New England is only an occasional visitor via waste areas of ninteenth-century wool-carding factories, and ships' ballast dumps.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Tragus