Alopecurus GRAMINEAE Muhlenhergia 



A. carolinianus Walt. (A. geniculatus of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 

 Water Foxtail. 

 Rare, in wet places: low, marshy soil, Wilmington, Commons, 

 27 May 1884 (A); Vandyke (NC), wet field near station, Long, 

 24 May 1909 (A). 



Polypogon Desf. 



P. monspeliensis (L.) Desf. Rabbit's-foot Grass. 



Frequent in saline soil, from Cape Charles northward to Worces- 

 ter and Wicomico Counties. Late May to July. Nat. from Europe 



Phleum L. 

 P. pratense L. Timothy. 



Fields and roadsides; a common escape from cultivation. 

 Introd. from Europe. 



Muhlenbergia Schreb. 



M. Torreyana (Schult.) Hitchc. (Sporoholus compressus of Gray's 

 Man., ed. 7.) 

 Rare, in moist meadows and pine-barren bogs: Felton (K), 

 Commons, 25 Sept. 1873 (A); bogs, Ellendale (S), Commons, 27 

 Sept. 1895 (A) ; pasture thicket just east of Ellendale, R. R. Tatnall, 

 4743, 12 Oct. 1940 (T, P, G). 



M. sobolifera (Muhl.) Trin. 



Frequent in rocky woods of the Piedmont. July to Sept. 



M. tenuiflora (Willd.) BSP. 



Infrequent; rocky slopes (NC). Mid- Aug. to mid-Oct. 



M. frondosa (Poir.) Fern. {M. mexicana of Gray's Man., ed. 7. 

 See Fernald: Rhodora 45, 221-239, 1943.) 

 Frequent, in woods, fields and moist ground, northern New 

 Castle County. Late Aug., Sept. 



M. sylvatica Torr. 



Rare, in rocky woods of the Piedmont: Carpenter (NC), 

 Commons, 31 Aug. 1897 (A); }i mi. n. of Mt. Cuba station (NC), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 4953, 20 Sept. 1941 (T, A, G). 



M. Schreberi Gmel. Nimble Will. 



A common weed in door-yards and waste places. Sept. to mid- 

 Oct. 



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