Jun 24, 2024 · Quackgrass (Elymus repens) is a perennial, cool-season grassy weed that lives primarily in northern latitudes. This invasive weed is easily identified by its broad, rough …

Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control, but is often considered a weed.

May 22, 2024 · Couch grass, or Twitch grass, has a fine leaf blade, is dark green in colour, and is soft to the touch. When you look closely at the leaf blades, you’ll see that they’re quite long and slender. You’ll find that the runners that spread across the ground can easily grow up …

Couch grass is found all over the British Isles as well as much of the rest of the world from the Arctic to Africa. That spread and it’s toughness is why it has so many common names – twitch grass, scutch, wikens, quick grass, quitch, witchgrass, dog grass, quack grass and probably more.

Although traditionally considered a weed owing to its spreading habit, couch grass makes an attractive and wildlife-friendly addition to species-rich lawns and meadows. Here we help you decide whether to remove it or embrace it as part of your garden’s biodiversity.

Learn about the history, habitat, benefits and control of quackgrass. Quackgrass, also commonly known as couch grass, twitch grass, quick grass, scutch grass, and devil's grass, is a widespread and serious weed in Canada.

Another commonly used name for this weed is Twitch Grass. It is a pain in the neck in your garden and mine, nothing more, nothing less. This article explains several methods, organic and chemical, for removing and eradicating couch grass.

Nov 4, 2024 · Couch grass (Elymus repens) is a stealthy invader that creeps underground through tough, wiry rhizomes and can spread several metres in a season. It is also known as twitch grass.

May 31, 2022 · Quack grass (Elymus repens) is one of those pesky weeds that can seem near impossible to eliminate. Also called couch grass, or sometimes twitch grass, it's notoriously invasive and will sprout wherever it gets a chance, from flower beds and lawns to …

Rope twitch is an erect, perennial (long lived) grass with numerous rhizomes (underground-stems). In pastures and mown areas rope twitch sometimes assumes a prostrate (ground hugging) habit and may not produce flowering stems. Rope twitch produces an extensive root system with many rhizomes.