152 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



POA 



This genus is a member of the largest division of the grass family, the 

 Festuceae. There are about one hundred and fifty species of Poa found in the 

 World, of which seventy-nine are found in North America. Tufted or stoloniferous 

 grasses with flat or folded leaves, and contracted or open panicles. There are 

 thirty species in California, the most important of which are : 



2045. Buckley's Bluegrass Poa Buckleyana 



2046. Canadian Bluegrass Poa compressa 



2047. Fendler's Bluegrass Poa Fendleriana 



2048. Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis 



2049. Little Bluegrass Poa Sandbergii 



GLYCERIA 



The above are fairly abundant in California and are considered to be good 

 forage grasses on all ranges. 



2050. Glyceria borealis 



Occurs in shallow water, central and northern California. 



2051. Glyceria elata 



A tall, succulent grass of wet meadows, shady, moist woods, Coast Ranges, 

 and in the Sierra Nevada. 



2052. Glyceria erecta 



Mountain meadows, Sierra Nevada to southern Oregon. 



2053. Glyceria leptostachya 

 In shallow water, Sonoma County. 



2054. Glyceria pauciflora 



Sierra Nevada. A decumbent rooting base with creeping rhizomes. 



2055. Glyceria plicata 



Mendocino County, northward, in wet situations; thick, succulent culms 

 4 to 5 feet tall, blades broad. 



2056. PUCCINELLIA 



There are five species of Puccinellia in California, all being found on saline 

 or alkaline soil. Along coast or in coast ranges, and northward. 



2057. FESTUCA 



There are about 100 known species of which number there are thirty 

 perennial and twelve annual species in North America. 



There are twenty-five species found in California, twenty-three being found in 

 waste places, dry open hills, throughout California, and two species in moist situa- 

 tions such as meadows. 



They are usually important in the West. One, Festuca elatior, Meadow fescue, 

 is important, and valuable for pasturage and hay, while Festuca rubra, red fescue, is 

 a good sand binder, also good for lawns. 



BROMUS 



There are over 100 known species of which sixty-four occur in the United 

 States, nineteen of which are adventive, forty-five are native. California leads 

 with twenty-four species. They are annual, biennial or perennial grasses, with 

 large nodding panicles. This genus is scattered throughout California, from the 

 sand along the coast to the higher mountains. Very few are of importance as 

 forage, because of coarseness and harshness of foliage and panicle. A few are 

 weeds and pests. The most important from a forage standpoint are: 



