Dactylis glomerata L.
Orchard grass, orchardgrass
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Liliopsida Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass Commelinidae Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order Cyperales Flowering plants including grasses
Family Poaceae Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus Dactylis From the Latin dactylis and the Greek daktylos for a kind of grape or grass, the Greek name in turn derived from daktylos , “a finger,” referring to the finger-like appearance of the inflorescence
Species glomerata Clustered
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6/8/2014 · Flat Rock Conservation Area, Skytop Lane, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 19 cm)
5/31/2010 · Mt. Lebanon St., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)
6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
6/2/2016 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts
5/21/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm)
5/25/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm)
6/19/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
6/8/2012 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 14″ (23 × 35 cm)
5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm)
6/8/2012 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm)
6/1/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.2 × 13 cm)
5/19/2017 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Brown Lane, Self-guided Nature Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm)
5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm)
6/4/2016 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Wildflower Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire
5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)
6/8/2012 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)
5/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)
6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm)
5/21/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 23 cm)
Dactylis glomerata description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 16 Sep 2023.
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5/24/2012 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm)
7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
5/31/2010 · Mt. Lebanon St., Pepperell, Massachusetts
6/2/2016 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts
6/1/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.9 × 11 cm)
6/8/2012 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)
7/7/2012 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.9 × 11 cm)
5/29/2010 · Maine Audubon Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain
6/8/2012 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)
6/10/2021 · Otter Brook Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 3½″ (14 × 9.4 cm)
5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.2 × 13 cm)
6/11/2014 · Conservation Area near Potanipo Pond, Brookline, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 19 cm)
5/25/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm)
6/13/2017 · Old Long Loop, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 14 cm)
6/4/2016 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Wildflower Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire
6/1/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm)
5/31/2010 · Mt. Lebanon St., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm)
6/1/2013 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm)
5/24/2012 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm)
6/16/2012 · Groton Place and Sabine Woods, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
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