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Danthonia compressa Aust. Flattened wild oat-grass. Dry open 

 ground near Floodwood. Plentiful. 



Danthonia intermedia Vasey. Vasey's wild oat-grass. Dry open 

 ground near Floodwood. Plentiful. 



Phragmites communis Trin. Common reed-grass. Wet open places, 

 borders of tamarack-black spruce swamps, and near lake shores. Seldom 

 abundant. 



Melica smithii (Porter) Vasey. (Avena smithii Porter). Smith's oat. 

 Damp open woods. Apparently infrequent. 



Melica striata (Mich.) Hitchc. (Avena torreyi Nash). Purple oat. 

 Open woods. Apparently infrequent. 



Dactylis glomerata L. Orchard grass. About cities and villages and 

 in cultivated grounds. Frequent. 



Poa annua L. Low spear-grass. In lawns and cultivated grounds. 

 Common. 



Poa compressa L. Canada blue-grass. English blue-grass. Usually 

 in dry and sterile cultivated ground. Noticed as frequent on the sandy 

 beach of Lake Michigan. 



Poa nemoralis L. Wood meadow-grass. Dry open ground. Appar- 

 ently infrequent. 



Poa pratensis L. June grass. Kentucky blue-grass. The common 

 grass of our lawns, fields, meadows, pastures, and open woodlands. 



Poa trivialis L. Rough-stalked meadow-grass. Damp open ground 

 near Floodwood. Apparently rare. 



Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin. (Panicidaria canadensis (Michx.) 

 Kuntze). Rattlesnake-grass. Wet boggy open places. Common and 

 often abundant. A beautiful grass. 



Glyceria nervata (Willd.) Trin. (Panicidaria nervata (Willd.) Kuntze). 

 Fowl meadow-grass. Low open or partially shaded ground. Common 

 and often abundant. 



Glyceria grandis W&ts. {Panicidaria grandis (S. Wats.) Nash). Reed 

 meadow-grass. Low banks of streams, ditches and wet meadow-like 

 ground. Frequent. 



Festuca octoflora Walt. Slender fescue-grass. In dry sterile open 

 ground. Frequent. 



Festuca ovina L. Sheep's fescue. In open dry ground. Frequent. 



Festuca elatior L. Meadow-fescue. In an open dryish place near Flo< >< l- 

 wood. Apparently infrequent. 



Festuca nutans Spreng. Nodding fescue-grass. Sandy beach of Lake 

 Michigan near Manistique. Apparently infrequent. 



Bromus secalinus L. Common chess. About cities and villages and in 

 cultivated grounds. Frequent. 



Bromus ciliatus L. Fringed brome-grass. Open moist woods and 

 banks of streams. Frequent. 



