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Beckmannia eruceformis Host. Slough-grass. Of some value in wet meadows. 
Eatonia obtusata A. Gray. Eaton’s grass. Fairly good. 
Eatonia pennsylvanica A. Gray. Valuable 
Poa flava Linn. False Red-top. Excellen 
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Poa nevadensis Vasey. Nevada Blue-grass. One of the best species of the mountain 
meadows, Where abundant it makes good hay, and apparently deserves to be 
given a trial in cultivation. 
Poa pratensis L. Kentucky Blue-grass. Excellent. 
Panicularia 5 (J. E. Smith) Kuntze. Reed Meadow- grass. Fair. 
aluable 
Festuca . Torr. (fig. 14). Great Bunch- grass. A valuable species. 
Bromus inermis Leyss. Awnless Brome- grass. With- 
stands long droughts. Introduced. 
Elymus canadensis L. Canada Lyme-grass or Wild-rye. 
of good quality, but e The heads are 
often affected with ergot, and when so diseased 
are dangerous when fed to stock. 
Agropyron — Scribn. & Smith. BlueStem. One 
of the best grasses in wet meadows (Nebraska and 
Montana). 
| PASTURE GRASSES. 
Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. 
Muhlenbergia gracilis Trin. 
Bouteloua oligostachya = Blue Grama. An exceed- 
ingly valuable spec 
Bulbilis dactyloide s Bali Buffalo-grass. Excellent, 
but its value ss probably been overestimated. 
Koeleria cristata Pers. "Penh June-grass. Excellent 
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Poa arida Vasey. Mountain 8 One of the 
best species for early pasturage. 
Poa buckleyana Nash. In Idaho furnishes a large per =n 
of the pasturage. One of the best“ Bunch-grasses 
Poa compressa L. Ca unes Blue-grass. . 
Poa lucida Vasey. 
Poa wheeleri Vasey. Valuable, and in good soil an 
Festuca ovina L. "dene Fescue. Anexcellent species. 
Fig. 14.—Buffalo Bunch-grass Furnishes a large amount of spring and winter 
(Festuca scabrella). forage 
FORAGE PLANTS OTHER THAN THE GRASSES. 
LEGUMINOSE. 
Astragalus adsurgens Pall. Buffalo-pea. Of some value on the ran 
ermopsis montana Nutt. Montana Bush-pea. Eaten by stock, and aie abundant 
makes 
good hay 
Trifolium longipes Nutt: Rocky Mountain Clover. “I consider this an excellent 
forage plant” (Shear). 
APOCYNACEJE. 
Apocynum cannabinum L. Dog Bane. Said to be eaten by stock when cured with 
