Grass, couch, rhizomes

Component Rye grass Leafy cocksfoot grass Rhizomes of couch grass Inulin... 

Couch grass is a common aggressive garden and lawn weed. A good guide to plants and weeds will help you identify it. It s nice to know that after weeding out the invasive white rhizomes, you can dry them and use the tea or tincture for urinary frequency with burning pain in the prostate or urethra. 

Auricles and rhizomes present heading June. Couch grass Auricles and rhizomes absent. 

PENN D.J. and LYNCH J.M. 1981. Effect of decaying couch grass rhizomes on the growth of barley. Journal of Applied Ecology, 3, 669-674. 

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