MEDUSAHEAD (Taeniatherum caput-medusa (L.) Nevski)   GROWTH HABIT: Winter annual grass, erect to 24 inches. LEAVES: Leaf blades to 1/8 inch wide, rolled more or less, slightly hairy. STEMS: Jointed, slightly hairy. INFLORESCENCES: A long awned-spike, nearly as wide as long, flowers in May and June. Bristly head persistent through winter after individual florets fall. SPIKELET: Stiff, minutely barbed, twisted awns to 4 inches at maturity. ROOTS: Fibrous. SEEDS: Awned, grass-like. OTHER: Not as hairy as downy brome.

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