148 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1992. Mountain June Koeleria cristata 



Grass 

 Mostly in the Coast Ranges, on dry soils; prairies. June, July. A very 

 common grass on most of the northern ranges. Not abundant in California. 

 Good forage. 



1993. Koeleria phleoides 



A short annual with dense spike-like panicle. Introduced into California. 

 Lassen Peak (1882) and Butte County. 



1994. Barbed Oats Avena barbata 



Widely distributed in California, especially in the Coast Ranges and south. 

 In fields and waste slopes. Good spring feed for stock. Horses fond of 

 the tops. 



1995. Wild Oats Avena fatua and var. 



Common in California in grain fields and waste places; foothills, southern 

 California, Coast Ranges. May, August. Good forage when young. 



1996. American Oat- Danthonia americana 



Grass 

 Wet meadows and moist places in rocks in mountains through the 

 Sierra Nevada southward. Palatable to all stock early in season. 



1997. California Oat- Danthonia Californica 



Grass 

 Dry hills in the Coast Ranges to San Luis Obispo. Rare in the Sierra 

 Nevadas. Palatable to all classes of stock. Eaten by sheep only when quite 

 young. 



1998. Timber Oat-Grass Danthonia intermedia 



British Columbia to southern California. A short mountain grass 4 to 16 

 inches high, with numerous basal inrolled leaves. Occurs in meadows and 

 on mountain slopes. Not of much value above 9000 feet; at lower elevations 

 it is good forage for sheep in spring. 



1999. Single-Spiked Oat- Danthonia unispicata 



Grass 

 Rocky hills, Modoc and Lassen counties northward. Rare at higher 

 altitude. Moderate amount of good forage. 



VIII. CHLORIDEAE 



2000. Bermuda Grass Cynodon dactylon 



Capriola dactylon 

 In Sacramento Valley, especially along irrigating ditches; fields and 

 waste places. Very palatable for stock. Makes a good lawn grass and sand 

 binding grass and resists trampling well. 



2001. Spartina foliosa 



Salt marshes, San Francisco Bay southward. Useful for reclaiming marsh 

 land. One to four feet high, rooting from the nodes. 



2002. Spartina gracilis 



Alkaline meadows. Washington south to eastern California. Two to three 

 feet high, blades flat, becoming involute. 



2003. Bearded Crowfoot Chloris elegans 



An erect annual, 1 to 3 feet high, with smooth sheaths. Occurs in waste 

 places, southern California to Texas. Palatable to all classes of stock. 



BOUTELOUA GRAMAS 



The grama grasses are very nutritious. They form the principal part of the 

 forage in the great plains region and in most parts of the southwest. About' thirty- 

 five species in western and southwestern United States. 



