Glyceria GRAMINEAE Poa 



bogs, Ogletown, Canhy, 1 Aug. 1896 (D); moist roadside }4 mi. 

 n. e. of Ogletown (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 4883, 10 June 1941 (T). 

 June, July. 



Var. laxa (Scribn.) Hitchc. (G. laxa Scribn.) 



Infrequent in swamps and ditches of the Coastal Plain. 

 June, July. 



G. striata (Lam.) Hitchc. (G. nervata Trin.) 



Common in wet ground and shallow water of the Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain, at least the northern parts. May, June. 



G. pallida (Torr.) Trin. 



Frequent in swamps and shallow water, Coastal Plain. May to 

 early July. 



Poa L. Blue Grass. 



P. Chapmaniana Scribner. 



Rare in sandy soil: near Townsend (NC), Commons, 17 May 

 1883 (A); roadside, Wachapreague (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 3355, 31 

 May 1937 (T). 



P. annua L. Low Spear Grass. 



Frequent; fields, banks and yards of the northern half of the 

 Peninsula. Introd. from Europe. All summer. 



yT. compressa L. Canada Blue Grass. 



Common in fields, woods, dry open roadsides and beach sand, 

 throughout. Nat. from Europe. Mid-May to July. 



P. pratensis L. Kentucky Blue Grass. 



Common; open roadsides, fields, meadows and waste ground, 

 throughout. Introd. from Europe. May, June. 



P. cuspidata Nutt. (P. hrachyphylla of Gray's Man. ed. 7.) 



Infrequent in rocky woods of the Piedmont. Mid- April to mid- 

 May. 



P. trivialis L. Rough-stalked Meadow Grass. 



Rare, in moist ground: "Meadows," E. Tatnall, 25 June 1843 

 (D); meadows, Ogletown (NC), Canhy, 25 May 1897 (D); yard, 

 Newark (NC), C. 0. Houghton, 5 June 1931 (UD). Nat. from 

 Europe. May, June. 



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