we . St erect, 50-100 cn. tall; 
r z Ls F bist aed 7 ~ aent nr ce t94 Cc 5 we 7 5 
blades relatively a es ee ae eee +O ome long, 2-5 mn. ‘ide, 
scabrous on both surfaces, sometimes al ilose avove; spikes usually erect 
4 F ‘ 7 Ly ° ‘: | ‘ r 
10-20 cm. long; spikelets reaching about the middle of the spikelet above on 
ite side of the rachis; glumes acute or acumin » J-S-nerved, 6-10 
nes short-aristate 
Q 
a 
Mile + eri 
Sy 
scabrous; lemmas acuminate, mucronate or same 
the tip. (A, Ae tenerum Vasey; 
i: 
Ae pauciflorum (Schwein, ) 
Ww 
scabrous, especially soward 
Hitchee) 
Dry rocky woods and hillsides. 
4, A, subsecundum (Linke) Hitehe, Similar to A. 
long-awned lemmas. 
Benton Cr. watershed, lianiksu Nat. Fore, 2300 fte, Larsen 169, 
5. A. spicatun (Purshy,) Seribn. and Smith. —~—?Culms cespitose or in loose 
colonies, erect, 50-120 om. tall, snooth; innovations extravaginal, often } forming 
short rhi,anes; sheaths smooth; blades firm, flet or loosely involute, 10-20 om. 
long, often atte nuate to a fine point, Sere enknt aoove, smooth or scabrous 
beneath; spikes erect, 10-20 cm. long; Spikelets rather distant, not reaching 
the one above on the same side; glumes lanceolate, oq p=nerved, acute, awnless 
the 
rateg Noo ae ysvalliw« a Set Se ae ye ne : 
12 mme, usually about 10 mn., long; lemmas smooth, che lower 10-12 mn. long, 
z ee 9 : . a mam fe lS ae na 
he 8 10-20 mae long, strongly divergent at naturity. 
Dry wocds and rocky hillsides at middle altitudes. 
Fad A . (s i oe re ey «ee \ 17 ase 
ner 4 ong mich ata ; “ < oa oO, foal vate +4 
« Ae inerme (S Ne ANI adel) wydoe —=—————SSimilar to Agropyron Spicatun, 
Pan that enactoac Se hare mono hee oe var 
Prom wnae species in naving narrow involute blades, awnless or 
re optu 
use glumes. 
— 
Ee 1c.) ene 
DUG differing 
rarely short-2 
Dry pine woods and hillsides, Upper Priest Lake, 2700 fte; Valley of 
Tessemini Lake; Fost talls; Moscow 
