Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 31 



HYDROCHARITACEAE (Frog's Bit Family) 

 Elodea canadensis Michx. Philotria canadensis Britt. 

 Water-weed 

 Specimens of what is apparently this species, 

 but not in prime condition, collected at Stetson pond 

 near Randolph, outside the park area. 



GRAMINEAE (Grass Family) 

 Digitaria ischaemum Schreh., D. Iimnifusa. Low Crab 

 Grass 

 Roadsides, embankments and paths, in light or 

 sandy soil. In this region confined chiefly to rail- 

 roads. 

 Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Finger Grass, 

 Crab Grass 

 A weed of cultivated soils and waste places. 

 Panicum capillare L. Old Witch Grass 



Rare in cultivated soil and waste places, and noted 

 only in the Tunungwant valley, where it may not 

 be native. 

 Panicum clandestinum L. Deer-tongue Grass 



In moist thickets and banks chiefly in alluvial 

 soil. Common in the Allegheny and Tunungwant 

 valleys ; elsewhere scarce. 

 Panicum dichotomum L. Forked Panic Grass 



In woodlands and thickets. Common. 

 Panicum huachucae Ashe. Hairy Panic Grass 



In moist or rather dry soil, both fertile and sterile 

 in nature, almost everywhere common except in the 

 most densely forested areas. All the specimens col- 

 lected belong to the var. silvicola. 

 Panicum implicatum Nash. Panic Grass 



In dry soil of fields and open woods. Infrequent. 

 Quaker run near entrance to park (Frank W. Johnson) 



