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| Common
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Plant
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Seedheads
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Leaves
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Seed
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Additional
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| perennial
ryegrass Lolium perenne L. |
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| orchardgrass
(or cocksfoot) Dactylis glomerata L. |
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| tall
fescue Festuca arundinacea L. |
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Stockpiling
fescue Fescue toxicosis |
| Kentucky
bluegrass Poa pratensis |
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| smooth
bromegrass Bromus inermis |
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| quackgrass Elytrigia repens (formerly Agropyron) |
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| reed
canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea |
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| timothy Phleum pratense |
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| bentgrass (or red top) Agrostis palustris (Huds.) A. alba L. |
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| velvetgrass (or Yorkshire fog) Holcus lanatus L. |
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| Cool season (C3) annual grass species | |||||
| Oats Avena sativa L. |
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| Winter
rye Secale cerealeL. |
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| annual
ryegrass Lolium multiflorum Lam. |
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| downy
brome Bromus tectorum |
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| Warm season (C4) perennial grass species | |||||
| sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula |
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| switchgrass Panicum virgatum |
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| big bluestem Andropogon gerardii |
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| brome sedge Andropogon virginicus |
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| bermudagrass Cyanodon dactylon (L.) Pers. |
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| Warm season (C4) annual grass species | |||||
| sorghum-sudangrass Sorghun bicolor x sudanese hybrids |
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| barnyard grass Echinochloa crusgalli |
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| teff Eragrostis teff |
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white
clover or
ladino clover Trifolium repens |
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alsike clover
Trifolium hybridum |
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| red
clover Trifolium pratense |
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| alfalfa Medicago sativa |
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Fall alfalfa management |
| kura
clover or caucasian clover Trifolium ambiguum |
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| sweet
clover Melilotus indica |
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| birdsfoot
trefoil Lotus corniculatus L |
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| black
medic Medicago lupulina |
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| crown
vetch Securigera varia previously Coronilla varia |
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| hairy
vetch Vicia villosa |
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| hop
clover Trifolium dubium |
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| crimson
clover Trifolium incarnatum |
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| Korean
lespedeza Kummerowia stipulacea |
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| chicory Cichorium intybus |
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| burdock | 
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| turnip/rape/canola Brassica rapa Brassica napus |
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