dog grass
couch grass
quick grass
quitch
Agropyron repens latin

Other names include twitch, quick grass, quitch grass (also just quitch), dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.

They may be known in British English as bulrush, or reedmace, in American English as cattail, catninetail, punks, or corn dog grass, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, and in New Zealand as raupo.

In March 2010 the playing field was resurfaced with couch grass for public use.

The little humans burst past, and fled into the shelter of tall couch grass.

A rumour of gold would spread like couch grass.

Not under-estimating the challenge, but even couch grass has its place, as food plant for a gorgeous butterfly.

You haven't mentioned the impervious horror of couch grass.

Couch grass has become naturalised throughout much of the world, and is often listed as an invasive weed.

Hogun plucked a stem of couch grass and placed it between his teeth.

Severe cold had killed off most of the population and those who survived ended up with this spreading cancer that grew like couch grass in May.

We faced each other across 12 ludicrous inches of disputed Dorset couch grass breathing stertorously.

Clear the ground of all perennial weeds (particularly couch grass, ground elder and bindweed) before you plant.

The caterpillar is green with a short, forked tail and feeds on various species of grass, especially couch grass.

They also have a tendency to chop up the roots of couch grass and docks, causing the spread of these weeds.

The pitch was made of a matted couch grass and was very spongy and soft.

Other herbs, such as cornsilk and couch grass, can soothe the walls of the urinary tract.

Pastureland have a cover of feather grass, couch grass, wormwood, and several species fodder plants.

Couch grass grew enthusiastically over what had once been an asparagus bed, as evidenced by a few waving tufts of asparagus foliage.

Couch Grass and Ribbon (1996)

Couch grass is certainly in the list of pernicious perennials but like the others mentioned perseverance is the key, in my opinion anyway.

The drier areas contain maritime grasses such as sea couch grass and sea poa grass.

There is also evidence that the roots of some perennials such as couch grass exude allelopathic chemicals which inhibit the growth of other nearby plants.

For 360 g formulations, European regulations allow applications of up to 12 litres per hectare for control of perennial weeds such as couch grass.

Salt Couch Grass - (Sporobolus virginicus)

The gout fly damages 18 species of cultivated and wild cereal plants, wheat, barley, rye, oats, timothy grass and couch grass.

Cynodon dactylon (couch grass, kweekgras, kweek)

The dried rhizomes of couch grass were broken up and used as incense in mediaeval Northern Europe where other resin-based types of incense were unavailable.

Other names include twitch, quick grass, quitch grass (also just quitch), dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.

After the Rains, when the quick grass sprang up, vast herds of deer and pronghorn come down from the mountains; and when there were no rains the people ate lizards and roots.

Full seldom doth a man repent, or use Both grace and will to pick the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him, And make all clean, and plant himself afresh.

The larva feed on a various grasses, including Agropyron repens.

Mycosphaerella graminicola subspecies 1 was isolated in Iran from the two grass species Agropyron repens and Dactylis glomerata growing in close proximity to fields planted to bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).