Slim Tridens flowering stems, their narrow spikelets flushed reddish-purple, photographed along the Rio Grande borderlands of New Mexico. Photo: Matt Lavin (CC BY-SA 2.0) Tridens
A mature False Rhodes grass clump along a desert wash in Graham County, Arizona. Photo: Patrick Alexander (CC0) Trichloris crinita, commonly called False Rhodes Grass,
Streambed bristlegrass forms dense bunches with distinctive bristly seed spikes across the southern plains. Photo: aspidoscelis, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Setaria leucopila, commonly known as streambed
Star lily sends up a showy spike of creamy white, star-shaped flowers from a single underground bulb each spring. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY
Panicled bulrush produces loose, branching clusters of small spikelets in summer along streambanks and wet meadows. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY 3.0) Scirpus microcarpus,
Meadow death camas blooming in grassland — a widespread western wildflower that is highly toxic if eaten. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY-SA 4.0) Meadow
Fresh green bushy spikemoss foliage, lush after rain — the same plant turns brown and curls tight in summer drought. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC
Burrograss forms low, wiry tufts on dry, rocky ground throughout the southwestern desert grasslands. Photo: aspidoscelis, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Scleropogon brevifolius, commonly called burrograss, is
Tumblegrass colonizing open ground at the edge of a prairie dog town. Photo: Matt Lavin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Schedonnardus paniculatus, commonly called
A patch of Starrush Whitetop blooming in a wet meadow. Photo: Judy Gallagher / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Rhynchospora colorata, commonly called Starrush Whitetop,
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