Distichlis GRAMINEAE Phragmites 



Distichlis Raf . 



rf /^ D. spicata (L.) Greene. Spike Grass. 



Salt meadows; common from southeastern New Castle County 

 southward. Aug. to Oct. 



One of the chief constituents of "marsh hay." 



Uniola L. 



l/'U. paniculata L. Sea Oats. 



Collected but once: sandy beach, Kiptopeke (No), Fernald, 

 Long & Fogg, 5221, 14 Oct. 1935 (P, T). Sept., Oct. 



A southern species, here at the northern limit of its range. 



U. latifolia Mx. 



Rare, chiefly in alluvial soil: "sandy places on Brandy wine 

 Creek," E. Tatnall, 20 Aug. 1845 (D); woods along Susquehanna 

 River, % mi. s. of Octoraro Station, R. R. Tatnall, 4704, 3 Oct. 

 1940 (T, P, A, G); roadside just s. of Riverton (Wi), A. V. Smith, 

 19 July 1943 (U). Mid- July to early Oct. 



U. laxa (L.) BSP. 



Common in low woods and sandy soil, throughout. July to 

 Sept. 



Dactylis L. 



Vi D. glomerata L. Orchard Grass. 



Common; fields, roadsides and waste ground. Nat. from 

 Europe. Mid-April to June. 



Arundo L. 



A. Donax L. Giant Reed. 



Established at the border of a swamp near Sharptown (Wi), 

 Otis, 2 'Nov. 1914(D). 



Cynosurus L. Dogtail. 



C. cristatus L. Crested Dogtail. 



Rare in fields and waste ground: fields near Centreville (NC), 

 Commons, 9 July 1870 (A); lawn, Newark (NC), C. 0. Houghton, 

 26 June 1926 (UD). Adv. from Europe. 



Phragmites Trin. 



M V^P. communis Trin. Common Reed. 



Common; tidal shores, marshes and river banks of the Coastal 



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