Flora of the Allegany Slate Park Region 35 



Melica striata (Michx.) Hitchc, M. purpurascens 

 (Torr.) Hitch., Arena Torreyi Nash, 

 Bromelica striata (Michx.) Farwell. Purple 

 Oat 

 Frequent in dry or moist open forested areas, and 

 especially in rocky situations such as the ledges above 

 the north side of Quaker run. 

 Dactylis glomerata L. Orchard Grass 



Fields, meadows and roadsides in the cultivated 

 areas of the region, very rarely along wood roads, 

 where probably not long persistent. 

 Poa compressa L. Canada Blue Grass, Wire Grass 



In fields and woods, usually but not always in 

 sterile soil. Not common. 

 Poa annua L. Low Spear Grass 



In cultivated and waste soil, and especially in door- 

 yards and lawns. 

 Poa nemoralis L. Meadow Grass 



Usually in dry soil of open places, rare, and only 

 observed as yet east of the park area. 

 Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand, Rhodora 18:235, 

 1916. Woodland Spear Grass 

 Occasional in moist or rather dry humus of the 

 wooded areas, especially along Quaker run. 

 Poa palustris L., P. tri flora in Gray's Man. Fowl 

 Meadow Grass 

 Common in open or somewhat shaded situations 

 or in moist fields, either in poor or fertile soil 

 throughout the region. 

 Poa PRATENSis L. June Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass 



Common or abundant in fields, roadsides and in 

 waste places, generally in fairly fertile soils. 



