If you're attempting to identify it on a nature walk or in your own or another's garden, look closer at a mature seed head. .

Making hay is more than working between rains.Grass seed heads have a bigger impact on hay quality than wet weather, so for best nutrition, hay must be cut before grass transfers nutrients from ...

Giant foxtails grow 2-4 feet tall and have the largest seed head, about 1.5-8 inches long, which tends to droop downward. Green foxtails grow 1-2 feet tall and may have a seed head as large as the ...

The effect is of clear stems, with a cloudlike mass of seed heads. Plants generally grow to around 3ft 3in (1m), but some varieties, such as 'Goldtau’ at 1ft (30cm), are shorter.