Festuca 



Festuceae 



101 



50 



Map 135 



Festuca ovina L 



" — 3o 



Map 136 



Festuca elatior L. 



A. A. Hansen who says this species is established in the vicinity of 

 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County. 



Newf. to Mich., southw. to N. C. and 111., and in Oreg. 



4. Festuca ovina L. (Fernald. The allies of Festuca ovina in eastern 

 America. Rhodora 37: 250-252. 1935.) Sheep Fescue. Map 135. This 

 species prefers sandy soil and has been found in several places in open 

 woodland and waste places. 



Nat. of Eu. ; Maine, Mich, to N. Dak. and southw. to S. C. and 111. and 

 N. Mex. ; also on the west coast from Alaska to Wash. 



5. Festuca elatior L. Meadow Fescue. English Bluegrass. Map 

 136. Infrequent to frequent throughout the state. It is most frequent along 

 roadsides and in waste places and has sparingly escaped to open woodland. 

 Introduced as a forage plant. The Indiana farmers whom I have interro- 

 gated call it English bluegrass. 



Nat. of Eurasia ; throughout the cooler parts of N. A. 



6. Festuca obtusa Spreng. (Festuca nutans Spreng.) Nodding Fescue. 

 Map 137. Infrequent to frequent throughout the state in woodland of 

 many kinds. 



N. S., Que. to Man, southw. to Fla. and e. Tex. 



7. Festuca paradoxa Desv. (Opusc. 105. 1831.) (See Amer. Jour. Bot. 

 24:33. 1937.) (Festuca Shortii Kunth.) Short's Fescue. Map 138. This 

 species is easily recognized in the field but herbarium material is difficult 

 to determine. I have seen it growing in Posey County. I have herbarium 

 material from Decatur County which I believe belongs here. In Posey 

 County it grows in hard, white clay soil in low, open woodland with pin 

 oak. 



Pa. to Iowa, southw. to S. C. and e. Tex. 



