Arkansas Forages Database
Crabgrass
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![Crabgrass Field Field view of crabgrass.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_field.jpg)
![Crabgrass Foliage Crabgrass Foliage](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_foliage1.jpg)
![Crabgrass Foliage Crabgrass Foliage](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_foliage2.jpg)
![Crabgrass Leaves Crabgrass leaves are wide but thin, and have tiny hars on the edges.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_leaves1.jpg)
![Crabgrass New Seedlings Crabgrass New Seedlings](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_new_seedlings1.jpg)
![Crabgrass Seedhead Crabgrass seedheads are spead out like a fork and have a purple tint.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_seedhead1.jpg)
![Crabgrass Seedheads Crabgrass seedheads are spead out like a fork and have a purple tint.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_seedheads1.jpg)
![Crabgrass Seedhead Crabgrass Seedhead](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/crabgrass/crabgrass_seedling4.jpg)
About Crabgrass
- Warm-season annual grass.
- Used for hay and grazing; very productive under good management.
- Readily grazed.
- Can become a weedy invader in hay meadows of other forages.