Cynodon ■ GRAMINEAE Anthoxanthum 



Often planted on railroad embankments as a soil binder. Nat. from 

 Europe. 



Spartina Schreb. Cord Grass. 



t" v-^. pectinata Link. (S. Michauxiana Hitchc. See Rhodora 35, 258. 

 1933.) Slough Grass. 



Infrequent; fresh-water swamps and fresh or brackish river 

 shores, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. July, Aug. 



V S. cynosuroides (L.) Roth. (S. polystachya Beauv.) Salt Reed 

 Grass. 



Common; saline shores and marshes of the Coastal Plain. 

 Mid-July to Oct. 



fl y^. altemiflora Lois. (S. glabra var. alterniflora of Gray's Man., 

 ed. 7.) Smooth Cord Grass. 



Common in salt marshes along the coast. July to Oct. 



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yS. patens (Ait.) Muhl. 



Common in salt meadows along the coast. June to Oct. 



Var. juncea (Mx.) Hitchc. 



Saline soil in the southern part of our area; infrequent. 



Gymnopogon Beauv. 

 G. ambiguus (Mx.) BSP. 



Dry sand, usually in pine woods, Sussex County and southward. 

 Mid-Aug. to mid-Oct. 



G. brevifolius Trin. 



Rare; dry sandy soil: Felton (K), Canby, Sept. 1867 (A, P); 

 Ocean City (Wo), Canby, 5 Sept. 1878 (A); dry soil near George- 

 town (S), Commons, 27 Sept. 1895 (A); fencerow }4 mi. e. of Ellen- 

 dale (S), R. R. Tatnall, 4744, 12 Oct. 1940 (T). 



Phalarideae 



Anthoxanthum L. 



A. odoratum L. Sweet Vernal Grass. 



Fields and roadsides; abundant in the Piedmont area; infrequent 

 on the Coastal Plain. April to June. Nat. from Europe. 



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