GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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FIr. 159A Short-awned Brome GrsLSS [Bromua marginatas). A valuable western 

 grass, a, empty glumes, with three florets, b, dorsal view of flowering 

 glume. (Shear. Div. Agrost. U. S. Dept. of Agrl.) 



"An erect, robus*; na'ive grass, two to four feet high, with 

 numerous large leaves and long, closely appressed branches 

 to the panicle. In Wyoming and Montana it occurs in the opan 

 woods among the mountains, where it sometimes forms meadow- 

 like tracts of considerable extent at an altitude of from 5,000 

 to 8,000 feet. It has been introduced and grown for a number 

 of years in central and western Iowa, where, under favorable 

 conditions, two crops may be cut in a single season. In Colo- 

 rado it is found to be Viluable in the native meadowsatan alti- 

 tude of from 6,000 to 9,500 feet. Short awned brome grass 

 produces an abundance of leaves, which are well liked by stock. 

 Although not so valuable as the smooth brome grass, yet it is 



