Hi @troyunrau, @thererdozensofus is most likely right.
Wild tarragon, Artemesia dracunculus (same sp. as culinary tarragon), is variable in smell/taste. In SoCal, some have no taste, I am told other pop’s do.
There is a range map here for Canada and U.S., bonap.net
Left: Agave ‘Blue Flame’. I do not know the conifer
Zones are helpful, but region will help a lot more, and also hopefully call in plant people from the area.
Sadly, not my region. ;-)
It would help people to ID if you can reply with a flower pic (yes, grasses have flowers) and a state, or at least a region. :)
If no one can ID, you can also post it to inaturalist.
And here is mobot treatment of A. dracunculus