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Fig. 281. PANICULARIA NEBVATA (Willd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen PI 2 • 783 

 1891. {Poa nervata Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 389. 1797; Glyceria nervata Trin Mem 

 Acad. St. Petersb. VI., Sci. Math. Phys. et Nat., 1. 365. 1831. ) FOWL MEADOW- 

 GRASS.-A leafy perennial 3-9 dm. (10-3°) high, with expanded, nodding 

 panicles, and rather small spikelets. Sheaths scabrous: ligule 2-4 mm (l"-2") 

 long: truncate; leaf-blades 1.5-30 cm. (6'-12') long, 4-10 mm. (2"-5") wide 

 scabrous above, acute. Spikelets (a, 6) 2-4 mm. (l"-2'0 long, 3 to 7 flowered' 

 obtuse: empty glumes rather broadly ovate, less than 1 mm. {k") long- flower- 

 ing glumes (c,rf) truncate-obtuse, strongly 7-nerved.-Wet meadows marshes 

 moist thickets, etc., Newfoundland to Florida, west to British Columbia Cali- 

 fornia, and Arizona. June to September. 



Extremely variable in size according to soil and location. It is of some 

 value as a fodder plant for moist meadows, and, together with P. americana 

 and Zizania aquatica, furnishes food for water fowl during the fall migrations 

 and for this reason it is of value in game preserves. 



