Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 237 

 104. JUNE-GRASS; KENTUCKY BLUE-GRASS 



POA PRATENSIS L. 



One of the best known and most popular grasses of the state for 

 lawns and pasture. It is rather common about the lake but not 

 so abundant as in places where the soil is more suitable. It was 

 most abundant on the hill north of the icehouses and along shore 

 southwest of the lake. Bluegrass sod began to look green in the 

 neighborhood of the lake by April 8, 1901, and the grass began to 

 blossom by June 7. This grass grows to large size and very 

 thickly, forming excellent pasture along Yellow River near Ply- 

 mouth, north of the lake. 



Bluegrass sod is frequently infested with cutworms which cause 

 the heads to die out some time before they are ready to ripen. 



105. WIRE-GRASS 



POA COMPRESSA L. 



Not very common about the lake. Found on shore by Lakeview 

 Hotel, September 29, 1900, and seen in flower along the railroad 

 June 14, 1901. This is a fairly common grass throughout the state 

 but usually grows in small patches, and very rarely forms a thick 

 sod, the growth usually being quite scanty. It makes good pasture 

 where abundant enough. It is rather difficult to mow on account 

 of the wiry, but yielding, character of the flat stems, and its habit 

 of closely hugging the ground. 



106. NERVED MANNA-GRASS 



PANICULARIA NERVATA (Willd.) Kuntze 



In moist places about the lake. Found in Farrar's woods, going 

 out of flower, June 15, 1901. 



107. FLOATING MANNA-GRASS 



PANICULARIA SEPTENTRIONALIS (Hitchc.) Bicknell 



A tall, but not particularly striking, grass, usually growing in 

 .small patches at the edges of mucky or sedge-bordered open ponds, 

 in about a foot or 18 inches of water. The blades of the lower 

 leaves float on the surface and the base of the stem is usually flat- 

 tened and expanded. Found along the eastern shore of Lost Lake, 

 at the edge of a pool along the railroad, near Green's marsh, and in 

 Walley's swamp. 



