Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 37 



most conspicuous grasses of the forested areas of the 

 park region. 

 Bromus secalinus L. Cheat or Chess 



Fields and waste places. Common especially along 

 the railroads of the Allegheny valley. 

 Bromus purgans L. Hairy Wood Chess 



Frequent in moist woods and on hanks of the 

 larger valleys, elsewhere rare. The forma glabri- 

 florus Wiegand, Rhodora 24:92. 1922, occurs on Elco 

 and Three Sisters mountains, and douhtless else- 

 where. 

 Bromus ciliatus L. Fringed Brome Grass 



Frequent or common in moist open forested areas 

 and on banks in rather fertile soil. 

 Bromus altissimus Pursh. Tall Wood Chess 



Frequent in alluvial soil of river and stream hanks. 

 Elko region, Red House valley etc. 

 Lolium perenne L. Common Darnel 



Rare or absent in the park area, but common in 

 fields and roadsides about Salamanca, Randolph etc. 

 Agropyron canium (L.) Beauv. Awned Wheat Grass 

 Common in fields, meadows and on dry banks 

 along the Allegheny valley 

 Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. Quack Grass, Couch 

 Grass 

 Cultivated fields, gardens, roadsides, banks and 

 meadows, in either fertile or rather sterile soil. Fre- 

 quent in the populated areas, elsewhere rare. 

 Elymus virginicus L. Virginia Wild Rye 



Frequent along the bottom lands of the Allegheny 

 river and Tunungwant creek in alluvial soil. 

 Elymus riparius Wiegand, Rhodora 20:81, 1918. 

 Streamside Wild Rye 



