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Poa flava L. 



P, serotma Ehrh. 

 False red top. Fowl meadow grass 

 Low wet ground and swales. Common. August. This is reputed to 

 be an excellent grass for hay. 



Poa pratensis L. 



June grass. Kentucky blue grass 

 Meadows, pastures and roadsides. Very common. June. Early in 

 the season this appears to be the principal grass in the meadows of 

 North Elba, but later, timothy overtops it and hides it from view. 



Poa alsodes Gray r 



Grove meadow grass 



Woods, groves and shaded places. June. Lake Placid and old 

 Keene road. 



PANICULARIA 



Spikelets 6 lines long or more fluitans 



Spikelets less than 6 lines long 1 



i Panicle elongated, narrow, with erect branches elongata 



1 Panicle not elongated, branches not erect 2 



2 Spikelets turgid, 1.5 lines broad or more Canadensis 



2 Spikelets not turgid, less than 1.5 lines broad 3 



3 Spikelets less than 2 Hues long nervata 



3 Spikelets 2 lines long or more 4 



4 Culms stout, spikelets commonly purplish -.. Americana 



4 Culms slender, weak, spikelets pale pallida 



' -Panicularia Canadensis (^1/j^.) A'z^«/0<? 



Glyceria Canade?isis Trin. 

 ... Rattlesnake grass 



Low ground, shores and wet places. Common. August. 



Panicularia elongata {Torrey) Kuntze 

 Glyceria elongata Trin. 

 Long manna grass 

 Wet places in woods and swamps. Raybrook. August. 



Panicularia nervata {Willd.) Xuntze 

 Glyceria nervata Trin. 

 Nerved manna grass 

 Low wet meadows and swamps. Common. July and August. 



