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Common Name: Italian Ryegrass

Other Names: Annual Ryegrass, Marshall Ryegrass

Species Name: Lolium perenne L. ssp multiflorum

Plant Type: Grasses & Grass-like

Family Name: Poaceae

 

 

Examples of Italian RyegrassLolium perenne L. ssp multiflorum

A large, green Italian Ryegrass plant growing in the dirt.
A large, green Italian Ryegrass plant growing in the dirt.
A large, green Italian Ryegrass plant growing in the dirt.
An up-close view of a ryegrass stem with a new leaf growing.
An up-close view of a ryegrass stem with a new leaf growing.
An up-close view of a ryegrass stem with a new leaf growing.
The seed heads of a Ryegrass plant with several seeds on it.
The seed heads of a Ryegrass plant with several seeds on it.
The seed heads of a Ryegrass plant with several seeds on it.

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Introduced, Europe
Duration Annual
Season Cool
Distribution in the U.S. Introduced to every state in the U.S.
Distribution in Oklahoma Beckham, Bryan, Choctaw, Cleveland, Custer, Grady, Marshall, Murray, Payne and Pontotoc counties

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Varying
Habitat Roadsides, waste areas, cultivated crop fields, lawns and pasture; normally restricted to lowland habitats
Successional Stage Early

 

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