[Arid_gardener] purple sedge?

[Linda Drew]

Might be purple sedge??? See pictures at:

http://www.allspc.com/sedgegrass_purplesedge.htm

> From: rkgross3 at cox.net
> To: arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu; mazzyday at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 22:24:13 -0700
> CC: 
> 
> In my yard I would get rid of the alien grass but might transplant a bit of 
> it just to see where it goes. It is unlikely to be a transmutation but who 
> knows.
> 
> Dick Gross, MGV
> U of A Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
> 
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> From: <mazzyday at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:44 AM
> Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page
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> 
> > Steven Kuntz
> > 85339
> > mazzyday at yahoo.com
> >
> > I seeded about 1.5 months ago with Emerald Zoysia, and it appears that 
> > there is another grass growing along side it. The leaves are about 3/8" 
> > wide and up to 6" long and has kind of a purple zebra stripe running 
> > perpendicular to the length of the leaf and it has a purple shade on the 
> > underside of some of the leaf, closer to the center of the plant. It also 
> > has a yellow-ish seed area on a somewhat thick shaft. Is this part of the 
> > Zoysia, or should I yank this out? What type of grass is it? If I need to 
> > pull it, I want to do it sooner than later, as I have a patch of it 
> > starting. The roots do not seem very deep when I yanked one out. I wish I 
> > could attach a picture, but oh well. Thank you.
> >
> >
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