Does frog fruit have the ability to grow upward? This site is where I come monthly to check the water quality, and I t thought I recognized most of the low foliage here. We've had lots of rain this spring, and the mowers have not cut this area lately, so a number of individuals of this species have grown higher than is usually allowed in this mown area. There is frog fruit here, and these leaves look similar. I suggest frog fruits, and hope an Identifier corrects me. No blooms on the stem or top of stem.
I have many caterpillars in my garden, at different stages. I’m trying to limit my uploads to the ones that look somewhat different.
Feeding on Condalia hookeri (Rhamnaceae)
Very abundant here this year.
Firth thought was Bromus pubescens since it is the only brome I can think of that likes dappled shade and has long awns. Matches description in guide to Texas plants (iNat also suggested that)
Tried keying it out, got to section B under group 10 (guide to Texas grasses). Awn <1.5 below lemma apice. But my eyesight / hand lens not good enough to see glume venenation to distinguish between Bromus and Bromosis.
Still, other possibilities also match the description including Bromosis texensis. Since I do not know whether annual or perennial, I cannot get through the Bromopsis key (and that is assuming it isn't a Bromus).