The Book of Grasses 



Red-top {Agrostis alba) 115 



Couch-grass {Agropyron repens) 232 



Ray-grass {Lolium perenne) 231 



Grasses found on sands and salt marshes: 



Marsh Spike-grass {Distichlis spicata) 184 



Fox-grass {Spartina patens) 144 



Goose-grass (Puccinellia mariiima) 214 



Spreading Spear-grass (P. distans) 214 



Tall Smooth Panic-grass {Panicum virgaturn) .... 71 



Sea-beach Panic-grass (P. amaroides) 71 



Sand-grass {Triplasis purpurea) 171 



Marram Grass {Ammophila arenaria) 127 



Salt-meadow Leptochloa {Leptochloa fascicularis) . . . 166 



Salt Reed-grass (Spartina cynosuroides) .144 



Creek Sedge {S. glabra) 144 



Sea-beach Aristida (Aristida tuberculosa) 101 



Grasses found in woodlands: 



White-grained Mountain Rice {Oryiopsis asperijolia) . . 99 



Slender Sphenopholis (Sphenopholis nitida) 134 



Black Oat-grass (Stipa avenacea) 100 



Long-awned Wood-grass {Brachyelytrum erectum) . . . 108 



Black-grained Mountain Rice {Oryiopsis racemosa) . . 99 



Nodding Fescue {Festuca nutans) 217 



Bottle-brush Grass (Hystrix patula) 248 



Fringed Brome-grass (Bromus ciliatus) 229 



Purple Oat {Melica striata) 181 



Wood Reed-grass {Cinna arundinacea) 128 



Slender Wood Reed-grass (C. latifolia) 128 



Rock Muhlenbergia (Muhlenbergia sobolijera) . . . . 105 



Wood Muhlenbergia (A/, sylvatica) 105 



Grasses found in dry soil: 



Slender Mountain Rice {Oryiopsis pungens) .... 99 



Downy Brcme-grass {Bromus tedorum) .... . 222 



Early Bunch-grass {Sphenopholis obtusata) 134 



Silvery Hair-grass {Aira caryophyllea) 132 



Common Wild Oat-grass {Danthonia spicata) . . . . 143 



Rough Hair-grass {Agrostis hyemalis) 115 



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