Growth Habit:  Erect perennial grass, reproducing from seed and
creeping rhizomes.

Leaves: Auricles present: Blade soft, flat, may be covered with soft hair.
Ligule 0.5mm long. Small leaf constriction often present near the point of
the leaf.

Stems:  Culms 1 to 3 feet tall, erect, smooth.

Inflorescences:  A spike up to 10” long, composed of 2 rows of spikelets
born flat-wise to the stem.

Roots:  Rhizomes yellowish white, sharp- pointed, rooting at nodes only.

Seeds:  Contained in spikelets, awnless or with short straight awns.

Other:  Roots can penetrate hard soils, tubers, and roots of other plants.