WILD TIMOTHY IS A PART OF THE GRASS FAMILY. THE STEMS OF THE WILD TIMOTHY DO NOT USUALLY BRANCH ABOVE THE BASE. WILD TIMOTHY IS 50 TO 120 CM HIGH. THE LIGULES, THIN OUTGROWTHS FROM THE BASE OF THE PLANT, ARE 0.25 TO 0.5 MM LONG. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS TALL AND SKINNY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SPIKES STICKING OUT OF IT.  THE WILD TIMOTHY IS USUALLY FOUND IN PRAIRIES AND FRESH MEADOWS.

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