MICHIGAN FLORA. 



95 



Wood Reed- 

 grass. 



Drop-seed 

 Grass. 



Drop-seed 

 Grass. 



Nimble Will. 



Blue Joint. 



Reed Bent- 

 grass. 



1441. arundinacea, L., var. pendula. Gray. 



Petoskey (!); L. Superior- Whitney Cat. 



N. & U. P. 



MUHLENBERGIA 



1442. sobolifera, Trin. 



Open rocky woods, Michigan— Gray. 



1443. glomerata, Trin. Th. 



Marshes. Used for forage in Dakota, but too coarse to be of value where 

 anything else is attainable. uent. 



1444. Mexicana, Trin. C. & S. 



Low grounds. Common. 



1445. sylvatica, Torr. and Gray. 



Hubbardston (!); Flint; Lansing— Bailey. Frequent. 



1446. Willdenovii, Trin. 0. 4 9, 



Woods. Flint; Macomb Co.; 8. Mich.- Wright Cat. 



1447. diffusa, Schreber. C. & S. 



Open woods, and becoming frequent around dwellings. S. Mich.— Wright 

 Cat.; So. Haven— Bailey; Lansing (!); Flint; Hubbardston (!). 



BRACHYELYTRUM 

 1448. aristatum, Beany. 



Woods 



Th. 



Frequent. 



CALAMAGROSTIS 



1449. Canadensis, Beauv. 



This is a very valuable grass to the lake settlers (U. P.), rarelv of manv 

 acres in extent. It is cut and stacked in August, and in winter is hauled 

 home by sled or dog-train. It is said to be greedilv eaten by the cattle 

 and to be as nourishing as herd's grass [?J. It grows shoulder-high, BO 

 that even a small meadow furnishes a great store of hay— Whitney Cat., 

 in 1851. 



1450. 

 1451. 

 1452. 

 1453. 

 1454. 



Langsdorffii, Trin. 



Flint— Dr. D. Clark. 



stricta, Trin. 



Flint— Dr. D.-Clark; and northward to L. Superior.— Gray. 



confinis, Nutt. 



Flint-Dr. D. Clark. 



Nuttal liana, Stend. 



S. Mich.— Wright Cat. 



longifolia, Hook. 



Th. 

 Bare. 



Th. 



Sand dunes along L. Michigan. S. Haven— Bailey; Petoskey (I); Point au 

 Chene— Winch. Cat. 



Sea sand-reed. 1455. arenaria, Roth. 



\. & U. P. 



This is one of the few plants found both on the ocean and Great Lake 

 shores. Petoskey (!); Point au Chene— Winch. Cat. 



Mountain 

 Rice. 



Mountain 

 Rice. 



Mountain 

 Rice. 



Black Oat 

 Grass. 



ORYZOPSIS 



1456. melanocarpa, Muhl. 



Woods. S. Mich.— Wright Cat.; 

 Co.; Flint; Hubbardston (!). 



1457. asperifolia, Michx. 



Hillsides. 



1458. Canadensis, Torr. 



Sterile soil. S. E.— Wright I la I 



0. & s. 



8. Haven and Lansing— Bailey; Macomb 

 Infrequent. 



Th. 



Common. 



comb Co. 



Hubbardston f|); Ifonteall 

 Common in Clare Co (I); frequent from Ionia northward. 



STIPA 



1459. 



avenacea, L. 



g. w.— Wright Cat,; South Haven-Bailey. 



