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10 FLORA OF BURLINGTON AND VICINITY | 



AGROSTIS L. BENT GlL\SS 



A. alba L. Fiorin or White Bent Grass. Moist places; common and 

 extremely variable. July. Var. vulgaris (With.) Thurb. Red Top. 

 Fields and roadsides; common. July. Variable and intergradlng 

 with the species. A stoloniferous form (A. stolonifera auth. not L.) 

 occurs in lawns, Burlington, (Jones). A small form occurs in 

 cool pastures, sometimes having flowering glume awned; Burling- 

 ton, (Jones). 



A. hyeinalis (Walt.) BSP. Hair Grass. Dry ditches and other exsic- 

 cated places; common. June- Aug. 



A. pereuiians (Walt.) Tuck. Thin Grass. Moist shaded places; fre- 

 quent. Aug., Sept. 



ALOPECURUS L. Foxtail Grass 



A. geuiculatus L., var. aristulatiis Torr. Floating Foxtail Grass. Wet 

 meadows; occasional. June, July. South Burlington, (Hinsdale); 

 Burlington and Colchester, (Jones). 



A. PRATENSis L. Meadow Foxtail Grass. Introduced in fields. May, 

 June. Burlington, (Jones). 



ANDROPOGON (Royen) L. Beard Grass 



A. furcatus Muhl. Forked Beard Grass. Dry rocky river banks; occa- 

 sional. Aug., Sept. 



A. scoparius Michx. Broom Beard Grass. Dry sterile soil; occasional. 

 Aug., Sept. 



ANTHOXANTHUM L. SwEET VErnal Grass 

 A. odoratum L. Old meadows and roadsides; occasional. May-July. 

 ARISTIDA L. TriplE-awnEd Grass 



A. dicliotoma Michx. Poverty Grass. Sterile gravelly soil; rare. Aug., 

 Sept. Essex, (N. F. F.). 



ARRHENATHERUM Beauv. Oat Grass 



A. elatius (L.) Beauv. Tall Oat Grass. Meadows; rare. June, July. 



Burlington, (Jones). 



BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. M 



B. erectuni (Schreb.) Beauv. Moist shaded places; frequent. July, 



Aug. 



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