FIGURE 164. Distribution of 

 Poa bigelovii. 



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ously pubescent on the lower part of keel and lateral nerves, sometimes 

 sparsely pubescent on lower part of internerves. o Open 

 ground, at medium altitudes, Oklahoma and western Texas to Colo- 

 rado, Nevada, and southern California; northern Mexico (fig. 164). 

 4. Poa chapmaniana Scribn. (Fig. 165.) Plant drying pale or 

 tawny; culms densely tufted, slender, 10 to 30 cm tall; blades 1 to 

 1.5 mm wide; panicle oblong-pyramidal, 3 to 8 cm long, open, the 



lower branches spreading; 



spikelets 3 to 4 mm long, 



mostly 3- to 5 -flowered; 



glumes 2 and 2.5 mm long; 



lemmas about 2 mm long, 



webbed at base, strongly pu- 

 bescent on the keel and lat- 

 eral nerves, the intermediate 



nerves obscure; anthers 0.1 to 



0.2 mm long, q Open 



ground and cultivated fields, 



Delaware to Iowa, south to 



Georgia and Texas (fig. 166). 

 5. Poa annua L. ANNUAL 



BLUEGRASS. (Fig. 167.) Tuft- 



ed, bright green, erect to 



spreading, sometimes rooting 



at the lower nodes, usually 



5 to 20 cm tall, sometimes 



taller, forming mats; culms 



flattened; blades soft, lax, 



mostly 1 to 3 mm wide ; pan- 

 icle pyramidal, open, 3 to 7 



cm long; spikelets crowded, 



3- to 6-flowered, about 4 mm 



long; first glume 1.5 to 2, the 



second 2 to 2.5 mm long; 



lemma not webbed at base, 



distinctly 5-nerved, more or 



less pubescent on the lower 



half of all the nerves, the 



long hairs on the lower part 



of the keel sometimes simulat- 

 ing a web; anthers 0.5 to 1 



mm long. O Open ground, 



lawns, pastures, waste places, 



_ ._-,. and openings in woods New- ^-^^Sa" 011 f 

 floret < T > L 10 - < Fendler foundland and Labrador to 

 931, N.Mex.) Alaska, south to Florida and 



California ; tropical America at high altitudes ; introduced from Europe. 

 In warmer parts of the United States the species thrives hi the winter; 

 in intermediate latitudes it is a troublesome weed in lawns, growing 

 luxuriantly in spring, drying in early summer and leaving unsightly 

 patches. 



FIGURE 165. Poa chapman- 

 iana. Panicle, X 1; floret, 

 X 10. (V. H. Chase 3557, 

 111.) 



