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native of Europe, growing chiefly in the forests of the mountain regions. It 
does not succeed well in open meadows, but it may have some value for wood- 
land parks or pastures in the Middle and Northern States. 
Poa tenuifolia. (See Poa buckleyana.) 
Poa trivialis Linn. Rough Meadow-grass; "iade Meadow-grass; Rough- 
stalked Meadow-grass; Green-grass; Orcheston-grass; Common Meadow-grass. 
An erect ihe 1 to 3 feet high, with an open, spr itis m closely related , 
to Kentucky Blue-grass, from which it differs in having onspicuous root- 
oki. — ih stem being distinctly rough below the sented It has been cnl- 
ti i 
soil are rather moist and cool, but is not adapted to sandy soil. In porihenm 
ltaly this grass is known as the “ queen of forage plants," but elsewhere, par- 
tieularly in this country, it is not so 
highly esteemed, its principal use JA 
being to form bottom grass in per LE 
manent pastures. Seed of good qual- — 
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and 50 per cent germination. When 
sown alone 14 to 2 bushels of seed 
are o per acre. 
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Pollini xm. cm (See Ischemum an- ANY Y7 9S 
` gustifolium » f RW AN | 
. Pollinia fulva Benth. Sugar-grass. > A - 58 S 
A al E +1 4 ty H lg a K AL e : > 
1 to 4 feet high, with narrow leaves SE as LAA a 
and two to three terminal spikes, ES 94 f] : AÑ ANY 
which are clothed with brown, silky CR, DSS yO) 2 
airs. is a native of Australia, E Y / : " 
found throughout all the connie of 7m f a 
ce} Sd 
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bt country, growing chiefly on the E 
FIG. 75.—Redfield's- grass. (Redfieldia fiez- 
uosa.) 
plant on the banks of rivers, creeks, and dams, as its strong, penetrating roots 
would help to bind the soil and prevent its being washed away by heavy rains 
or floods. This grassis classed as a variety of Pollinia cummingii Nees, by Hackel. 
Polypogon monspeliensis Desf. Beard-grass. 
A smooth annual grass, í 6 al se a or ER feet iem Posie bearded, ee rset 
nicles ve of western uthern 
E pe, north Africa, a Asin — India. eee into dsp ptos ; 
now widely scattered thro the Southern States, Southwestern Territories, 
d California, Of no aient value, but sometimes used as an ornamen 
3 arenaria (See 4mmophila arenaria.) 
Redfieldia flexuosa Vasey. Redfield's-grass; Blow-out-grass. (Fig. 75.) 
A stont native perennial, 18 inches to 4 feet high, with prot narrow died and dif- 
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