Common names: wheat

Scientific names: Triticum aestivum

Seasons of significant use: fall, winter (for Secale cereale-T. aestivum complex)

Characteristics: Introduced, annual, cool season grass to 3.5 feet. Culms erect, thick; inflorescence a dense spike, terminal; spikelets often awned depending on variety, laterally compressed, 2-5 flowered; glumes 3-severalnerved. Flowers March-May depending on variety.

Plant community type: Cultivated for cool season pasture and grain. Sometimes used to overseed open pastureland with perennial warm season grasses.

Comments: Usually does not reseed voluntarily and requires adequate fertilization.

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Appendix C: Plants by Common Name
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