205] FLORA OF BOULDER, COLORADO 5/ 



Order 9. POALES. 

 Family 12. POACEAE R. Br. Meadowgrass family. 



27. SCHIZACHYRIUM Nees. BUNCH-GRASS. 



37. S. scoparium (Michx.) Nash [Andropogon scoparius 

 Michx.]. BROOM-GRASS. 



Common in dry plains and mesas; occasional in the lower 

 foothills, 5100-6300 ft. (Daniels, 478). 



NEW BRUNSWICK to SASKATCHEWAN; FLORIDA to TEXAS. 



28. ANDROPOGON L. BEARD-GRASS. 



38. A. furcatus Muhl. TURKEY-FOOT GRASS. 



Common on the plains, mesas and foothills, 5 100-8000 ft. 

 (Daniels, 512). 



MAINE to SASKATCHEWAN; FLORIDA to TEXAS and COLO- 

 RADO. 



39. A. chrysocomus Nash. GOLDEN BEARD-GRASS. 

 Common on the plains and mesas, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 



486). 



NEBRASKA to COLORADO; KANSAS to TEXAS. 



29. SORGHASTRUM Nash. INDIAN GRASS. 



40. S. nutans (L.) Nash [Chrysopogon nutans (L.) Benth.]. 

 NODDING INDIAN GRASS. 



Frequent on the plains and mesas, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 



655)- 



ONTARIO to MANITOBA; FLORIDA to ARIZONA. 



30. SYNTHERISMA Walt. CRAB GRASS. 



41. S. sanguinale (L.) Dulac. [Pint cum sanguinale L.]. 

 FINGER GRASS. 



Along roadsides, and in yards and fields, still uncommon, 

 5300-5700 ft. (Daniels). 



OLD WORLD, thence to the NEW. 



31. PANICUM L. PANIC-GRASS. 



42. P. capillare L. WITCH GRASS. 



Along roads and railroads, and in yards and fields, appear- 

 ing as if introduced, 5100-6500 ft. (Daniels, 586). 



