AHA! My Grandson in faraway Tennessee has solved the mystery with the help of an App on his phone. He identifies it as Medusa Head Grass and the Interwebs tell me it is spreading rapidly throughout the West and is a serious threat to grazing lands.
I'll keep an eye out, Bruce, but I don't know what seed you've got there. I don't know how long you've been in Prescott Valley, but it might parallel one of the mysteries that happened here 20 years ago. Off to our north, 1000 acres of prairie got subdivided and built up --houses, stores etc.-- and we ended up with vigorous, sticky (like glue-coated) weeds which I traced to developers' wattles. These tubular compresses of erosion-stoppers aid excavation and construction against rain etc., but come from God knows where. Whichever direction you get predominant winds, I'd check there, see if construction is afoot. In your pic., seed looks very aerodynamic.
That's a fascinating mystery -- glad that you managed to find a solution. Trees and weeds have such amazing ways of sending their seeds to where they want them to be, though GEO's story about the developer bringing them in seems to be beyond the imagination of a mere plant.
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AHA! My Grandson in faraway Tennessee has solved the mystery with the help of an App on his phone. He identifies it as Medusa Head Grass and the Interwebs tell me it is spreading rapidly throughout the West and is a serious threat to grazing lands.
I'll keep an eye out, Bruce, but I don't know what seed you've got there. I don't know how long you've been in Prescott Valley, but it might parallel one of the mysteries that happened here 20 years ago. Off to our north, 1000 acres of prairie got subdivided and built up --houses, stores etc.-- and we ended up with vigorous, sticky (like glue-coated) weeds which I traced to developers' wattles. These tubular compresses of erosion-stoppers aid excavation and construction against rain etc., but come from God knows where. Whichever direction you get predominant winds, I'd check there, see if construction is afoot. In your pic., seed looks very aerodynamic.
Oh, no! Now that you've invited them in, there'll be more!
That's a fascinating mystery -- glad that you managed to find a solution. Trees and weeds have such amazing ways of sending their seeds to where they want them to be, though GEO's story about the developer bringing them in seems to be beyond the imagination of a mere plant.
be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I'm glad your grandson was able to identify it. Bummer that it is an invasive species.
It looks a bit like an alien invasion! ;-)
I was going to say some type of grass -- but I see your grandson got there before me! (And with more detail!)
It looks nasty!
No idea.
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