154 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



2075. Smooth Wheat Agropyron tenerum 



Grass 

 Abundant in Sierras and coast. An important bunch grass. 



2076. Bearded Wheat Agropyron caninum 



Grass 

 Dry hillsides, Sierras, and southern mountains. 



2077. Vasey's Wheat Agropyron Vaseyi 



Grass 

 Rocky hillsides, northeastern California. 



2078. Agropyron scabrum 

 Probably introduced. Eel Ridge only. 



2079. Agropyron flexuosum 

 Mountain slopes, Modoc County. 



2080. Agropyron Scribneri 

 High Sierras. 



2081. Agropyron Pringlei 

 Sierras, 7,000 to 12,000 feet" 



BARLEY GRASSES HORDEUM 



2082. Perennial Barley Hordeum jubatum 



Grass ; Foxtail ; 

 Tickle Grass 

 Most troublesome in northeastern California. Alfalfa fields. 



2083. Annual Barley Hordeum murinum 



Grass 

 Common in interior valley and coast. Good feed when young, a pest 

 when old. Introduced from Europe. 



2084. Hordeum nodosum 

 Frequent waste places. Introduced. 



2085. Alkali Barley Grass Hordeum pusillum 

 Annual, southern California. 



2086. Hordeum gussoneanum 

 Waste places. Introduced from Europe. 



LYME GRASSES ELYMUS 



2087. Elymus caput-medusae 

 Open grounds. Introduced. 



Lancaster only. 



Elymus cinereus 



2089. Giant Lyme-Grass Elymus condensatus 



Called rye grass in the range country. A valuable winter forage. Some- 

 times 10 to 12 feet high. Bay region and throughout the state, occurring in 

 several forms. 



2090 Slender Wheat- Elymus triticoides 



Grass 

 From the coast to the interior. A valuable native hay and pasture grass. 



2091. Sea Lyme Grass Elymus arenarius' 



Sand binder on the coast. 



