What is this weed

[HundyMundy]

just wondering if anyone knows what this is. Is it a type of rush or is it a grass? Also how do I kill it. It does not seem to be very palatable asNothing is eating it.

 

[sticky]

Soft rush

 

[SJB]

Not a rush - a grass, Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa.

 

[SJB]

(P.S. a handy rhyme to distinguish grasses, sedges and rushes - 'sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses are hollow right down to the ground'. Sedges tend to have three-cornered stems, rushes and grasses have round stems, but rushes are filled with pith whereas grass stems are hollow. There are other differences too, e.g. in the flower structure)

 

[chipchap]

Cattle will eat the seeds and deposit them all over your pastures.

Doesnt like being cut hard.

 

[HundyMundy]

Not a rush - a grass, Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa.

So if it is a grass, not a rush what could I spray it with to kill it?

 

[HundyMundy]

Cattle will eat the seeds and deposit them all over your pastures.

Doesnt like being cut hard.

Not much seams to be eating it the now. I would say it is slowly taking over a couple of areas in some ruff permanent pasture fields.

 

[Old apprentice]

Tussock grass? Don't know it true name Roud up and direct drill grass with as little disturbance as possible. Or weed wipe with round up.

 

[Lazy Eric]

They like low ph ground ,low phosphate too that sits wet for a long time.
Glyphosate only thing that kills em and maybe address soil status.
As said above they don’t like being cut short every year.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

View attachment 1044918just wondering if anyone knows what this is. Is it a type of rush or is it a grass? Also how do I kill it. It does not seem to be very palatable asNothing is eating it.

Deschampsia sp.

Most likely cespitosa, possibly flexuosa

Kill it with a grass spray, roundup might but something like Centurion (as sold in NZ, I think it is clethodim from memory) will see it off

Avoid selective grazing wherever possible, it is similar to rush in many respects

 

[Kevtherev]

Flail top and some lime