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Festuca ovina duriuscula (L.) Hack. 

 Hard fescue 

 Banks of the river. Frequent. July. 



Festuca elatior L. 

 Tall fescue 

 Grass lands. Common. A valuable grass either for mowing 

 or for pasture. July- August. 



Festuca nutans Willd. 

 Nodding fescue 

 Damp woods. Frequent. July. 



Bromus ciliatus L. 



Wood chess 



Low woods and banks of streams. Common. July-August. 



Bromus pubescens Mulil. 

 B. ciliatus purgans (L.) Gray 

 Soft chess 

 Thicket near Apalachin. July. Distinct from the last both in 

 appearance and habitat. 



Bromus kalmii Gray 

 Kalni's chess 

 In rocky woods. Frequent. July-August. 



Bromus secalinus L. 

 Cheat. Chess 

 Frequent in wheat fields. June-August. 



Bromus racemosus L. 

 Upright chess 

 In fields and along railways. Frequent. July-August. 



Lolium perenne L. 

 Rye grass 

 Pasture land at Campville. Frequent. July. 



Lolium italicum A. Br. 

 Italian rye grass 

 Meadow lands at the Marshland farm. Frequent. A much 

 coarser grass than the last. July. 



