26 POALES 



35. Carex marcida Boott, 



In dry soil in the western part of the state. Anselmo; Cody; Frank- 

 lin; Mullen; Oneil; St. Paul; Red Cloud; Thedford. 



36. Carex teretiuscula Gooden. 



In the western part of the state. Burwell; Red Cloud; Thedford. 



37. Carex gravida Bailey. 



Common on the prairies throughout most of the state. Broken Bow; 

 Callaway; Diller; Kearney County; Lincoln; Minden; Nebraska City; 

 Nemaha; Ponca; Valentine; War Bonnet Canon. 



38. Carex vulpinoidea Michx. 



Throughout the state, common in wet meadows and swampy places 

 in the eastern part. Anselmo; Bloomington; Elmwood; Nebraska 

 City; Nemaha; Ponca; Oneil; Scotia; Talmage. 



39. Carex rosea Schk. 



In eastern part of state, common on bluffs of the Missouri. Fremont; 

 Lincoln; Nebraska City; Ponca; Weeping Water. 



40. Carex sparganioides Muhl. 



In moist soil in the southeastern part of the state. Nebraska City. 



41. Carex cephaloidea Dewey. 



Hillsides and dry ravines in the eastern part of the state. Minden. 



42. Carex cephalophora Muhl. 



In the southeastern part of the state. Otoe County. 



43. Carex muhlenbergia Schk. 



Nebraska, according to Pound and Clement's Phytogeography of Ne- 

 braska. 



44. Carex siccata Dewey. 



In the sand-hills. Franklin; Minden; Pine Ridge; Thedford. 



45. Carex tribuloides Wahl. 

 Long Pine; Nemaha. 



46. Carex scoparia Schk. 



Common on low, wet meadows. Ewing; Grand Island; Long Pine; 

 Springview; Thedford. 



47. Carex cristatella Britton. 

 Carex cristata Schwein. 



Ewing; Loup City; Lincoln; Nebraska City; St. Paul; Wabash; Weep- 

 ing Water. 



48. Carex straminea Willd. 



Minden; Neligh; Thedford; Valentine. 



49. Carex festucacea Willd. 



Common in moist or dry soil throughout the state. Anselmo; Beat- 

 rice; Ewing; Lincoln; Nehawka; Nebraska City; Oneil; Otoe County; 

 Ponca; Valentine; Weeping Water. 



50. Carex bicknellii Britton. 



In the eastern part of the state. Ewing; Oneil. 



2. POACEAE. (GRAMINACEAE). 



The true grasses. 



This is a very large family containing about 3,500 species. Economi- 

 cally it is the most important family of plants, at least in temperate 

 regions. It includes many native and cultivated forage plants and 

 all our cereals. 



