[Dogtail Grasses: The Genus Cynosurus West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail

Cynosurus echinatus

Inflorescence of Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus - Close-up of the ligule of Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus

Close-up of the bristly inflorescence of bristly dogtail as seen at left on Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County, OR.........June 13, 2010. The image at right shows a close-up of the ligule (junction of leaf to stem) of bristly dogtail as seen on Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County, OR........June 13, 2010.

Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus - Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus - Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus

Close-up images of the inflorescence of bristly dogtail as seen at left and center on Bayocean Spit, Tillamok County, OR.........June 19, 2014.The image at right shows bristly dogtail as seen on Bayocean Spit, Tillamok County, OR.........June 20, 2024.

Dried inflorescence of Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus - Dried remains of Bristly Dogtail, Bristly Dog's-tail Grass, Hedgehog Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus

Dried remains of the previous year's bristly dogtail as seen on Upper Table Rock outside Medford, OR.........early April, 2009.
Paul Slichter