128. 
129. 
138. 
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Spartina michauriana. Slough Grass. (Fig. 62.) 
This grass makes a rather coarse hay and must be cut 
when young. It is well adapted for sand binding on ac- 
count of its strong, scaly rootstock. In wet places thru- 
out the State—-but most common in the southeastern 
counties. 
SPHENOPHOLIS. 
Nphenopholis obtusata. Early Bunch Grass. (Fig. 77.) 
A tufted perennial—often growing in moist soil. It is 
readily eaten by stock and supplies a considerable amount 
of forage of good quality. Common on prairies thruout 
the State. 
Sphenopholis pallens. Eaton’s Grass. (Fig. 77.) 
On wooded bluffs thruout the State. 
SPOROBOLUS. 
. Sporobolus asper. (Fig. 52.) 
Sandy soil thruout the State. 
. Sporobolus asperifolius. Prairie Grass. (Fig. 54.) 
A low perennial grass of dry prairies in the western half 
of the State. 
. Sporobolus brevifolius. (Fig. 52.) 
An erect, slender, tufted grass in dry soil—thruout the 
State. 
. Sporobolus confusus. Prairie Grass. (Fig. 54.) 
An annual found only in western Nebraska. 
. Sporobolus cryptandrus. Prairie Grass. (Fig. 54.) 
A common perennial grass of dry sandy prairies— 
thruout the State. 
5. Sporobolus heterolepis. Wire Grass. (Fig. 54.) 
Not common, tho found occasionally in eastern and 
northern Nebraska. 
Sporobolus neglectus. Small Rush Grass. (Fig. 52.) 
In dry soil. Brown County. 
. Sporobolus vaginiflorws. Southern Poverty Grass. (Fig. 
52.) 
An annual grass of roadsides and waste places in east- 
ern Nebraska. 
STIPA. 
Stipa comata, Needle Grass. (Fig. 46.) 
A well-known grass of the High Plains of western Ne- 
braska. It is often very troublesome to sheep and other 
domestic animals. 
