| Scientific Name: | Dactylis glomerata |
| Common Name: | orchard grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like), Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | n/a |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Green-yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Strongly tufted grass from fibrous roots, stolons absent, clump forming habit in mowed turf; stems hollow, erect, up to 150cm tall; leaf sheaths closed, venation folded, blades 2-10mm wide, strongly V-shaped in section, light green to bluish green, auricles absent, ligules whitish 2-8mm long, margins finely jagged, fringed with small hairs, and sometimes with jagged top or splitting lengthwise, sheaths keeled, strongly compressed, especially at crown.. | |