Bottle-brush Grass
(Elymus hystrix)

Other common names: Spreading Bottle-brush Grass

Other scientific names: Asprella hystrix, Gymnostichum hystrix, Hystrix hystrix, Hystrix patula

French names: Hystrix étalé

Family: Grass Family (Poaceae)

Group: Grasses

Flowers: Green/Brown

Grows in Sun/Shade: Shade

Native/Non-native: Non-Native

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Bottle-brush Grass is an easily recognized grass. Here is a nice clump of it at the edge of a woods.

It is named for the bristly-like flower spikes that stick out at right angles to the main stem.

Here is a closeup view of some flower spikes.

Closeup pic of a flower.

A view of the overall plants.
  

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