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Hairy Crabgrass
Hairy Crabgrass
Digitaria sanguinalis
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe and Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

A sprawling annual grass with finger-like seed spikes that radiate from a central point, infamous for colonising lawns and sidewalk cracks. A single plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds in one season.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Digitaria
Species
Digitaria sanguinalis