Arkansas Forages Database
Johnsongrass
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![Johnsongrass Johnsongrass](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass1.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Clump Johnsongrass Clump](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_clump1.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Leaf Sheath Johnsongrass Leaf Sheath](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_leaf_sheath1.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Ligule Johnsongrass Ligule](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_ligule2.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Midrib Johnsongrass Midrib](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_midrib1.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Seedheads Johnsongrass Seedheads](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_seedheads1.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Seedling Johnsongrass Seedling](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_seedling.jpg)
![Johnsongrass Stem Johnsongrass Stem](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/grass-images/johnsongrass/johnsongrass_stem1.jpg)
About Johnsongrass
- Warm-season perennial grass.
- Found statewide;.
- Readily grazed and productive.
- Is often a weedy invader in other forages.
- Can cause prussic acid poisoning when wilted from frost or drought.
- Can accumulate toxic levels of nitrate if over-fertilized with nitrogen or litter.