Deschampsia GRAMINEAE Arrhenatherum 



Deschampsia Beauv. 



D. flexuosa (L.) Trin. Common Hair Grass. 



Frequent; dry wooded slopes and open sandy soil, chiefly 

 Coastal Plain. Mid-May, June. 



Aira L. Hair Grass. 

 A. praecox L. 



Rare; dry sandy soil, Sussex County and southward: Millsboro 

 (S), Long & Bartram, 4 July 1913 (A); upper beach w. of Kipto- 

 peke (No), R. R. Tatnall, 3777-a, 21 May 1938 (T). Nat. from 

 Europe. 



A. caryophyllea L. Silver Hair Grass. 



Frequent; sandy fields and roadsides of the Coastal Plain. Nat. 

 from Europe. May, June. 



/a. capillaris Host. 



Rare ; in open sandy soil of the southern part of our area : b.^aQh, 

 Cape Charles City, R. R. Tatnall, 1779, 27 May 1933 (T, G, A, P); 

 roadside }/2 mi. s. of Beaverdam (Wo), R. R. Tatnall, 4245, 10 June, 

 1939 (T, G, P). Nat. from Europe. 



Here reaching the northern limit of its range on the eastern 

 Coastal Plain. 



Avena L. Oats. 



A. fatua L. Wild Oats. 



Rare in cultivated ground: Faulkland (NC), Commons in 1884, 

 (A). Introd. from Europe. 



A. pubescens Huds. 



Fields near Centreville (NC), Commons, 3 June 1877 (A). Adv. 

 from Europe. 



Arrhenatherum Beauv. 



A. elatius (L.) Mert. & Koch. Tall Oat Grass. 



Infrequent; meadows, roadsides and waste places. May to 

 July. Introd. from Europe. 



Var. bulbosum (Willd.) Spenner. 



Occasional introduction from Europe: Stockley (S), H. R. 

 Baker, 16 June 1931 (UD). 



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