384 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
Briza minor L. Sp. Pl.1:70. 1753. SMALLER QUAKING GRass, 
EUROPE, TROPICAL AMERICA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. From New Jersey southward. Adventive and 
more frequently naturalized than the above. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry grassy places, roadsides, pastures. Mobile County. 
May, June. Notrare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Helvetia, Italia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DACTYLIS L.Sp.PL1:71. 1753. 
One species, Europe, temperate Asia, North Africa, Naturalized in North America, 
Dactylis glomerata L.Sp.Pl.1:71. 1753. ORCHARD GRass. 
Ell Sk. 1:155. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 663. Chap. Fl. 564. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 
2:104, t. 35, f. 140. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. From Canada to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and rarely escaped. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae cultis ruderatis. 
Economic uses: Valuable hay crop. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
POA L. Sp. Pl. 1:67. 1753. 
About 100 species, cooler and temperate regions of both hemispheres. United 
States, 35 to 40. 
Poa annua L. Sp. Pl. 1:68. 1753. SPEAR GRASS. SIX-WEEKS GRASS. 
Ell. Sk. 1:158. Gray, Man. ed. 6,664. Chap. Fl. 562. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:311. 
Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 106, t. 36, f. 141. 
Mexico, BRAZIL. 
Naturalized throughout the continent from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, 
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. 
AvaBAMA: All over the State. A winter annual, common in waste places and door- 
yards. Flowers at Mobile in February; disappears with the advent of summer. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europa ad vias.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Poa chapmaniana Scribner, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:38. 1894. 
CHAapMANn’s SPEAR GRASS. 
Poa cristata Chap. F1.562. 1860. Not Walt. 
Chap. Fl.l.c. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 107, ¢. 36, f. 142. . 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Central Tennessee to middle Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Prairie belt. Dry sandy places, borders 
of fields, roadsides. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery County. April; not 
infrequent. Annual. 
In small tufts, stems erect. 
Type locality of Poa cristata Chap.: ‘Dry soil around Quincy, middle Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Poa compressa L. Sp. Pl. 1:69. 1753. _ENGLIsH BLUE GRass. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 664. Chap. F1.563. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 107, ¢. 36, f. 143. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Considered indigenous in the mountain region 
of Pennsylvania, northwestern Minnesota, and Nebraska. Naturalized throughout 
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Atlantic States to the Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Prairie belt, in dry 
sandy and loamy soil. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Hale, and Montgomery counties. May, 
June; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae et Americae septentrionalis siccis.” 
Economic uses: Valuable pasture grass, 
Herb. Geo]. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Poa pratensis L. Sp. Pl. 1:67. 1753. JUNE Grass. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 
Poa viridis Muhl. Gram. 138, 1817. 
Ell. 8k.1:159. Gray, Man. ed. 6,665. Chap. F1.562. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 108, 
t. 36, f. 144. 
EUROPE. 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area, Indigenous in the mountains of Pennsylvania 
and northward. Naturalized in the Eastern United States. 
