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Grasses written 1853
pub 1853 vol 3

399

Table of the Grasses of Wisconsin and the Adjacent Country.

[first column]

Systematic Name.

1. Leersia oryzoides ... Su.
2. Leersia Virginiea ... Willd.
3. Leersia lenticularis ... Mx
4. Zizania aquatica ... L.
5. Zizania miliacea ... Mx.
6. lepturus paniculata ... Nutt.
7. Alopercurus aristulatus ... Mx
8. Alopercurus geniculatus ... L.
9. Alopercurus pratensis ... L.
10. Phleum pratense ... L.
11. Phleum alpinum ... L.
12. Vilfa vaginaeflora ... Tor.
13. Sporobolus juncens ... Kh.
14. Sporobolus heterolepis ... Gray
15. Sporobolus serotinus ... Gray
16. Sporobolus asper ... Wood
17. Agrostis vulgaris ... With.
18. Agrostis alba ... L.
19. Agrostis scabra ... Willd.
20. Agrostis perennans ... Gray
21. Cinna arundinacea ... L.
22. Cinna pendula ... Trin.
23. Muhlenbergia sobolifera ... Trin.
24. Muhlenbergia glomerata ... Trin.
25. Muhlenbergia Mexicana ... Trin.
26. Muhlenbergia sylvatica ... T. & Gr
27. Muhlenbergia Willdenovi ... Trin.
28. Muhlenbergia diffusa ... Schr.
29. Braehyelytrum aristatum ... Beauv.
30. Calamagrostis Canadensis ... Beauv.
31. Calamagrostis coarctata ... Tor.
32. Calamagrostis longifolia ... Hook.

[second column]

Common Name.

White Grass
Fly-catch grass
Wild rice
Water fox tail
Floating fox tail
Meadow fox tail
Timothy
Red top
White top
Thin grass
Nimble Will
Blue Joint

[third column]

Duration.

Perennial
Annual

[fourth column]

Time of
Flowering.

[various months]

[fifth column]

Height or
Length of
Culms.

[various lengths]

[sixth column]

Kind of
Roots.

Creeping
Fibrous

[seventh column]

Natural Place of
Growth.

Wet places
Wet shady places
Wet grounds
In shallow water
In water
Stagnant water
Margins of ponds
Meadows
On mountains
Dry gravely places
Prairies
Dry soil
Moist meadows
Damp shady places
Shady swamps
Damp woods
Openings
Swamps
Low grounds
Rocky woods
Shady woods
Dry hill sides
Woods
Sandy lake beach