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Danthonia compressa Austin 

 Flattened wild oat grass 

 Woods and shaded places. Frequent. August. 



Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Willd. 

 Fresh-tvater cord grass 

 River shores. Infrequent. August- September. 



Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees 

 Capillary eragrostis 

 Dry banks and meadows. Frequent. Campville flats. 



Eragrostis frankii Steud. 



Frank's eragrostis , 



River shores. Infrequent. Abundant in an old gravel pit neap 

 Apalachin. September. 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. 

 Tufted eragrostis 

 Roadsides in poor soil. Common. August. 



Eragrostis purshii Schrad. 



Pursh's eragrostis 

 Plentiful at a sand bank at Apalachin and along roadsides. 

 August- September. 



Eragrostis pectinacea (Miclix.) Steud. 



Purple eragrostis 

 Meadows at Apalachin. Rare. A beautiful species. August. 



Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B. S. P. 

 E. reptans Nees 



Creeping eragrostis 

 Along the river and in wet places. Common. August. 



Eatonia pennsylvanica (DC.) Gray 

 Eaton's grass 

 Moist thickets and swamps. Frequent. July. 



Eatonia nitida (Spreng.) Nash 

 E. d u d 1 e y i Vasey. 

 Slender eatonia 

 Frequent on wooded banks at Apalachin. May- June. 



