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NEVADA BLUEGRASS 



Po'a nevaden'sis 



Flower head (panicle) 1 to 6 in. long, 

 narrow, dense; branches appressed, in 

 groups of 2 or more, flower-bearing on 

 the upper two-thirds 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 3- 

 to 8-flowered, about % to % in. long, 

 narrow, not flattened 



Outer flower bracts (lemma) K to # 

 in. long, not cobwebby-hairy at the base, 

 thin-papery, smooth or rough on the 

 back below, often purplish or yellowish 

 brown above, often jagged at the tip 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes): 

 about Ys in. long, 3-nerved, rough, 

 nearly equal; the 2d glume usually 

 longer than the 1st 



Stalks (culms) tufted, erect, 18 to 40 

 in. high, rough below the panicles 



Leaves mostly basal, flat or folded, 

 rough, light green; basal leaves 6 to 12 

 in. long; stem leaves shorter (2 to 4 in. 

 long); bract (ligule), at junction of 

 blade and sheath, thin-papery, about. 

 % in. long; sheaths rough 



Roots fibrous, numerous; rootstocks 

 lacking 



Nevada bluegrass, a rather handsome tufted perennial, grows char- 

 acteristically in small bunches, but seldom forms large tussocks. It is 



