I hiked through the grasslands hills south of Kamloops.     After some frosts, most of the forbs are now withered and dormant for the winter season.    Various species of grasses have lots their summer color, but still stand.     I hiked past lots of crested wheat grass (Agropyron cristatum) , bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata), giant wild rye (Leymus condensatus), squirreltail (Elymus elymoides), and various ryegrasses (Lolium) and bromes (Bromus).  Some images from the grasslands hike are shared here.    Click an image for a lightbox view and a caption and use the arrows for the next/last image in a slideshow format.

smooth brome?

crested wheatgrass

wildrye

squirreltail

a year of dorught

squirreltail

Learning all of the types of grasses is a slow process, a series of tasks undertaken by observing, photographing, identifying, and researching.     Identifications are added tentatively and comments are welcome.