JUNEGRASS 



Koele'ria crista'ta 



G76 



Flower head (panicle) narrow, 

 spikelike, 1 to 7 in. long, some- 

 what tapering at both ends, 

 often interrupted near base 



Stalks (culms) slender, tufted, 

 erect, 1 to 2% ft. high, hairless 

 except for very fine hairs just 

 below panicle 



Leaves mostly basal, numer- 

 ous, rather narrow, flat or with 

 inrolled edges, 1% to 5 in. long; 

 hairiness rather variable 



Roots fibrous, perennial; root- 

 Stocks lacking 



Individual flower groups (spike- 

 lets) 2- to 5-flowered, num- 

 erous, crowded, shining, pale, 

 less than K in. long, without 

 beards or bristles '(awns) 



Outer flower bract (lemma) 

 narrow, lance-shaped, sharp- 

 pointed, obscurely 5-nerved; 

 inner flower bract (palea) tissue- 

 papery, 2-toothed, 2-keeled 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts 

 (glumes) similar to lemmas, 

 but thicker, about equal, per- 

 sistent, 1st glume 1 -nerved, 

 narrower than 3-nerved 2d 

 glume 



Junegrass, also known as mountain junegrass, prairie junegrass, 

 and koeleria, is a perennial bunchgrass and the only species of 

 Koeleria native to western North America. It ranges from southern 

 Ontario to British Columbia and southward to Texas, California, 



