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Topic: What Kind of Grass Is This??? Or is it something else altogether?

ms8miranda
Great Gardener

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I live in South Dakota. I noticed an unusual grass growing in my yard this year. The grass grows from one spot and has a pattern on one side of the blades. The blades are kind of triangular shaped. Does anyone know what this is? (Check out the pict below)

Unusual Grass Picture

From: South Dakota | Registered: May 2004 | IP: Logged

alankhart
Super Gardener

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Sorta looks like a type of yucca?

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From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Aug 2002 | IP: Logged

netty
Super Gardener

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My red hot poker has triangular shaped leaves...could it be one of those? [dunno]

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joclyn
guests

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i agree with alan. looks like it might be a yucca.

funny that it showed up out of nowhere - pretty big for first year growth. maybe you didn't notice it last year?

do you see this plant growing anywhere else in the general vicinity (i'm thinking the seeds were in bird droppings)? or did you plant something near where this appeared (it may have been in the soil of the other plant)? or, it might not be yucca...it may be some type of grass...i'm not familiar with your area and what is native there.

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G~mom
The Dingbat's Buddy

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It does somewhat resemble a yucca,but I just don't think it is.

What is the texture of the plant? Are the leaves hard or soft? Are the edges of the leaves serrated?

G~Mom

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ms8miranda
Great Gardener

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The leaves (or blades) are soft so I'm sure it's not Yucca. The leaves aren't serrated. It's not really that big - I just took a real close-up pict of it.

I just went outside and measured one of the blades (leaves) and it was 17-1/2 inches long.

I saw a couple of them by the house just starting to come up this Spring and thought they were quack grass and sprayed them. Then I noticed the 'blades' all grew from one spot so when I saw one popping up among my flowers, I let it grow.

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Thornius
The Bird Man

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NO TIME TO TELL YOU, ms8. RUN GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! [scaredy]