78 AGROSTIDEAE 



Texan Timothy (Lycurus phleoides) is a common 

 and rather important grass which is found occasionally on the 

 upper plains but more often on the hillsides on dry soils or on 

 the rockier mountain sides almost throughout the State where 

 it forms an important part of the forage of such localities. It 

 is usually associated with Tall Grama and although it never 

 forms a sod it occupies much of such areas forming the typical 

 "bunches" of the species. The panicle is a slender, crowded, 

 cylindrical spike somewhat resembing that of Timothy, 

 (whence its name) but somewhat more hairy in general ap- 

 pearance and not quite as large. The plant itself is generally 

 from a foot to 16 inches tall, stools considerably; the 

 leaves are short and the whole plant is a dull grayish color. 

 Stock eat it fairly well. 



Timothy {Phleum pratense) hardly needs to be 

 referred to here since most of our farmers and stockmen 

 know its merits very well although but few of them seem to 

 have tried to grow it. Almost wherever it has been tried it 

 has escaped from cultivation and it grows wild in a number 

 of places in the cooler wet meadows in the mountains or 

 beside ditches from small mountain streams. It does not grow 

 well in the lower hotter valleys even under irrigation but in 

 localities where oats do well and where alfalfa is not a sat- 

 isfactory crop, timothy should probably be used much more 

 than it now is. 



Alpine Timothy (Phleiirn alpiniim) is a rather com- 

 mon plant in high mountain meadows where the soil is very 

 wet and the climate cool. It is only important as a small part 

 of the summer forage or the hay crop of such localities. It 

 also occurs on the higher peaks near and above timber- 

 line, where it matures in the short season of such situations, 

 but is of little economic importance. 



