[Beardgrass, Bentgrass and Rabbitfoot Grass: The Genus Polypogon in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis

Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis)

Annual rabbitfoot grass as seen along Washington Highway 141 about one mile north of its junction with Washington Highway 14, Klickitat County, Washington.........July 17, 2011.

Inflorescence of Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis) - Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis)

Annual rabbitfoot grass as seen along Washington Highway 141 about one mile north of its junction with Washington Highway 14, Klickitat County, Washington..........July 17, 2011.

Ligule of Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis) - Inflorescence of Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis) - Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis)

Examples of annual rabbitfoot grass as seen along the Company Road which parallels the west bank of the Klickitat River, Klickitat County, Washington.........July 21, 2011.

Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis) - Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis)

Annual rabbitfoot growing in Eighmile Creek at the apex of the waterfall above Crawford Oaks Trailhead in Columbia Hills State Park..........October 2, 2016 (left) and November 16, 2019 (right).

Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis) - Annual Beardgrass, Annual Rabbitsfoot Grass, Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass, Rabbitfoot Grass: Polypogon monspeliensis (Synonym: Alopecurus monspeliensis)

Annual rabbitfoot growing in Eighmile Creek at the apex of the waterfall above Crawford Oaks Trailhead in Columbia Hills State Park..........October 16, 2018.

Paul Slichter