384 PLANT I. IKK OK ALABAMA. 



Biiza minor L. Sjt. ]'l. 1:70. 1753. Smai,i.ki: QtAKiNC, Ouass. 



Krimi'K, TKOPK AI, Amkkica. 



Carolinian and Lonisiani.m areas. Kroni Now Jersey .sontlnvanl. A<lv( iiti\ «■ and 

 more lri'<jnt'ntly nalnralizcd tlian tlic! abovn. 



Alabama: Cuast ]ilain. Dry gransy placew, rDadaides, pastures. Mobile County. 

 May. .Fune. Not ran-. Annual. 



Typo locality : "'Ilab. in Helvetia, Italia." 



Herb. Geol. t^urv. Herb. Mobr. 



DACTYLIS T>. Sp. PI. 1:71. 1753. 



One species, Europe, temperate Asia. Nortb Africa. Naturalized in North America. 

 Dactylis glomerata L. Sp. PI. 1 : 71. 1753. Ouciiakd Grass. 



i:il. Sk. 1:155. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 663. Chap. Fl. 5tU. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 

 2:104, /../.T./.iW. 



Allegheuian to Lonisianian area. From Canada to the Gulf. 



Alabama: Over the State. Cultivated and rarely escaped. Perennial. 



Type locality : " ilab. in Kuro])ae cultis ruderatis. 



Economic uses: Vulual)le hay crop. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PO A L. Sp. PI. 1 : 67. 1753. 



About 100 species, cooler and temperate regions of both hemispheres. United 

 States, 35 to 40. 



Poa annua L. Sp. PL 1 : 68. 1753. Speak Grass. Six-wkkks (iUASS. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 158. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 664. Chap. Fl. 562. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 311. 

 Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 106, t. 36, f. 141. 



Mexico, Brazil. 



Naturalized throughout the continent from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. 



Alabama : All over the State. A winter annual, common in waste places and door- 

 yards. Flowers at Mobile in February; disappears with the advent of summer. 



Type locality : '"'Hab. in Europa ad Aias." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Poa chapnianiana Scribner, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 38. 1894. 



Chapman's Spear Grass. 



I'oa cristata Chap. Fl. 562. 1860. Not Walt. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. Scri ))ner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 107, t. 36, f. 142. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Central Tennessee to middle Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Central Prairie belt. Dry sandy places, borders 

 of fields, roadsides. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery County. April ; not 

 infre(£uent. Annu.al. 



In small tufts, stems erect. 



Type locality of I'oa cristata Chap. : "Dry soil around Quincy, middle Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Poa compressa L. Sp. PL 1 : 69. 1753. English Blue Grass. 



Gray, Man. cd. 6, 664. Chap. Fl. 563. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 107, t. 36, f. 143. 



Allegheuian to Lonisianian area. Considered indigenous in the mountain region 

 of Pennsylvania, northwi-stcrn Minnesota, and Nebraska. Naturalized throughout 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Atlantic States to the Mississippi. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Prairie belt, in dry 

 sandy and loamy soil. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Hale, and Montgomery counties. May, 

 June; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae et Americae septeutrioualis siccis." 



Economic uses: Valuable pasture grass. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Poa pratensis L. Sp. PL 1 : 67. 1753. June Grass. Kentucky Blue Grass. 



Poa viridis Muhl. Gram. 138. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 159. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 665. Chaj). Fl. 562. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 108, 

 t.36,f.l44. 



Europe. 



Boreal zone to Lonisianian area. Indigenous in the mountains of Pennsylvania 

 and northward. Naturalized in the Eastern United States. 



