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Panicum virgatum L. (wand-like). 

 Switch Grass. Tall Panic Grass. 



In either moist or dry ground. Common along the coast 

 and the larger rivers, rare or occasional elsewhere. July — 

 Sept. 



A handsome grass forming large, dense clumps and with 

 ample flower panicles sometimes 30 inches long. If cut early 

 it makes a fair quality of hay and it is also of some value as a 

 forage plant. 



Panicum longifolium Torr. (long-leaved). 



Rare or local. Open moist ground near the coast : Groton 

 and Montville (Graves), Fairfield (Eames). Aug. — Sept. 



Panicum agrostoides Spreng. (like Agrostis, the Red Top). 



Common. Low meadows and wet open grounds. July — 

 Sept. 

 Panicum stipitatum Nash (stalked). 



Rare. Lyme, wet meadow at Selden's Cove (Graves & 

 Bissell) . Aug. 

 Panicum depauperatum Muhl. (impaverished). 



Frequent. Dry sterile or sandy ground. June — early July. 

 Panicum linearifolium Scribn. (narrow-leaved). 

 Panicum Enslini of Britton's Manual. 



Common. Dry fields and in sandy or sterile places. June 

 — early July. 

 Panicum Werneri Scribn. 



Rare or local. Chiefly in open, dry, sandy or gravelly 

 soil, sometimes in thickets or open sandy woods : Voluntown, 

 Ledyard and Water ford (Graves), Franklin (R. W. Wood- 

 ward & Graves). June — July. 



Panicum Bicknellii Nash. 



Panicum, nemopanthum Ashe. 

 Panicum Bushii Nash. 



Rare. Rocky woodlands: Norwich (Graves), New Haven 

 (R. W. Woodward). June. 



Panicum dichotomum L. (forked in pairs). 



Frequent or common. Dry woods and thickets. June — 

 July. 



