Common Name: small carpgrass, hairy jointgrass jointhead arthraxon, small carpetgrass Family Name: Poaceae - True grass family Native Range: Japan and eastern Asia NJ Status: Widespread and highly threatening to native communities. General Description • Annual grass found in wet areas • Grows to 1.5’ tall Leaves • Leaves are 1 - 3” long, 1/5” (0.5 cm) wide; have heart-shaped bases. • The margins of the leaves have conspicuous hairs Flowers • Flowers bloom in early fall and are contained in 1 to several, 1 - 3” long spikes • Fairly tight spiked arrangement of flowers Fruit • The seeds are slender and yellowish in color, measuring 0.2” long Habitat • Sunny and moist • Edge, Floodplain Forest, Lake or Pond, Open Disturbed Area, Pasture, River or Stream, Wet Meadow Commercially Available No Look-alikes deertongue grass (Dicanthelium clandestinum) • Arrangement of flowers is pyramid shaped • Slightly larger, covered with stiff hairs, and its leaves are generally longer and pointy in shape. • Usually be found in drier sites Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) • Leaves do not have a heart-shaped base. Control Recommendations - treat before fruit/seed maturation Foliar Spray: FS-2 • Glyphosate 3.00% • Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information. Foliar Spray: FS-8 • Quizalofop 0.38% • Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information. Pre-Emergent Spray: PE-1 • Prodiamine - See Label Instructions