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Danthonia compressa Austin 

 Flattened wild oat grass 

 Woods and shaded places. Frequent. August. 



Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Willd. 

 Fresh-water 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 near 

 Apalachin. September. 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. 

 Tufted eragrostis 

 Roadsides in poor soil. Common. August. 



Eragrostis purshii Schrad. 

 PursU's eragrostis 

 Plentiful at a sand bank at Apalachin and along roadsides. 

 August- September. 



Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) 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. 



