I love to watch the wide variety of grasses progress through their various stages of flowering this time of year. This Foxtail grass first of all opens feathery white female stigmas like in the spike at the front. The feathery fronds trap pollen from the air to fertilise their own egg cells. Later on the same spike will produce the male stamens to release pollen into the air like the spikes in the background - and their pollen will fertilise other plants. I find this all fascinating ... but then I don't suffer from hay fever!
Exactly! I have to chose very carefully what I get up close and personal with at this time of year. So I really apprieciate your photos. Thank you for sharing.
@julienne1 Thank you for the information Julienne, I never knew there was the two grasses that were so alike. My day has not been wasted, I have learnt something :)
