Seed Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies of the Austin Region 13 



Eleusine indica Gaertn. Yard Grass. Crab Grass. Wire Grass. Goose 

 Grass. 

 Waste places. 

 Throughout almost the whole of North America. 



Leptochloa mucronata Kunth. Feather Grass. 

 Abundant locally in meadows. 

 Southern states. 



Polyodon texanus Nash. (Bouteloua texana S. Wats.) Texas Grama 

 Grass. 

 Abundant on dry hillsides. 

 Texas and Oklahoma. 



Tribe Festuceae 



B ramus secalinus L. Chess, Cheat. 

 Roadsides and waste places. 

 Naturalized from Europe. Widespread in North America. 



Bromus purgans texeTisis Shear. 



Bluffs of the Colorado River. Moist soil. 

 Texas. 



Bromus unioloides HBK. Rescue Grass. Brome Grass. Arctic Grass. 



Common everywhere. University campus, etc. Waste and culti- 

 vated ground. One of the first grasses to bloom in the spring. 



Southern states and Mexico. 



Eragrostis capillaris Nees. Lace Grass. Tiny Love Grass. 

 Dry woods. 

 Eastern and central states. 



Eragrostic pilosa Beauv. Hairy Spear Grass. Slender Meadow Grass. 

 Widespread in eastern United States. Introduced from Europe. 



Eragrostic secundiflora Presl. (E. interrupta Trelease.) Clustered 

 Love Grass. 

 Central states and Mexico. 

 Dry woods. 



Erioneuron pilosum Nash. 



Abundant on dry rocky hillsides. 



Southern-central states. Kansas to Nevada and south to Mexico. 



Festuca octoflora Walt. Slender Fescue Grass. 



Abundant in dry and waste roadsides, along railroad tracks, etc. 

 Widespread in North America, more abundant in the southern states. 



