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Common along most of the smaller streams in 

 shaded situations in alluvial soil of the woods and 

 ravines. 

 Elymus australis Scribn. & Ball. Southern Wild Rye 



Alluvial river and stream banks, usually in shaded 

 situations. Frequent along the Allegheny river and 

 Tunungwant creek, but only the var. glabriflorus 

 Wiegand, Rhodora 20:84, 1918. 

 Elymus canadensis L. Northern Wild Rye 



Alluvial stream and river banks. Rare. Found 

 only near Elko, but to be looked for elsewhere. 

 Hystrix patula Moench, Asprclla Hystrix (L.) Humb. 

 Bottle-brush Grass 

 Frequent in dry or damp woodlands and rocky 

 slopes, often in gravelly soil of thickets along 

 streams. 



CYPERACEAE (Sedge Family) 



Cyperus esculentus L. Yellow Nut Grass 



Locally frequent in cultivated or recently culti- 

 vated fields of the Tunungwant and Allegheny 

 "valleys. 

 Cyperus strigosus L. Straw-colored Nut Grass 



Tn low or moist open situations in the Allegheny 

 valley. Infrequent. 

 Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schultes. Spike Rush 



Frequent in wet, marshy or muddy situations; very 

 rare however, in the higher parts of the park area. 

 Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. & S. Spike Rush 



Open wet soil and among tangled vegetation 

 around pools in the Tunungwant valley, a very 

 slender, green form. More typical forms probably 

 occur elsewhere. 



