Dactylis glomerata (Orchard grass)

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 × 7" (13 × 17 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
≈ 4 × 3" (10 × 8.0 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
≈ 3 × 4½" (8 × 11 cm)

5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 6" (11 × 14 cm) ID is dubious

5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 8.6 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
≈ 5 × 5" (13 × 13 cm)

6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts

Dactylis glomerata description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 11 Oct 2021.

5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 4 × 6" (10 × 15 cm)

5/21/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 9" (15 × 23 cm)

5/24/2012 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 7" (11 × 17 cm)

5/31/2010 · Mt. Lebanon St., Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 21 × 31" (52 × 78 cm)

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
≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 13 cm)

5/29/2010 · Maine Audubon Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Falmouth, Maine
≈ 5 × 4" (12 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain

6/8/2012 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts
≈ 4 × 2½" (10 × 6.9 cm)

5/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 3½ × 4½" (9.2 × 11 cm)

6/11/2014 · Conservation Area near Potanipo Pond, Brookline, New Hampshire
≈ 4 × 4½" (10 × 12 cm)

5/25/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 4 × 6" (10 × 15 cm)

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 × 4½" (10 × 11 cm)

5/24/2012 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 6" (11 × 14 cm)

6/16/2012 · Groton Place and Sabine Woods, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 4 × 3" (10 × 8.3 cm)

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