No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 73 



Poa compressa L. (flattened). 



Creeping Spear Grass. Wire Grass. Flat-stemmed or Canada 

 Blue Grass. 



Common. Fields, waste places and woods, mostly in dry 

 ground. May — Aug. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Said to be a valuable grass for dry and poor soils. 



Poa triflora Gilib. (three-flowered). 

 Poa serotina Ehrh. 



Poa iiava of American authors, not L. 

 False Red Top. Fowl Meadow Grass. Swamp Wire Grass. 



Duck Grass. 



Frequent or occasional. Moist meadows. July — Aug. 



A desirable grass for hay in wet ground. 



Poa pratensis L. (of meadows). 



June Grass. Kentucky Blue Grass. Spear Grass. Smooth 



Meadow Grass. 



Common. Meadows, fields and pastures. May — June. 

 In Connecticut naturalized from Europe. 



A valuable grass for pastures and lawns, and in some parts 

 of the country much cultivated. The stems of this grass are 

 used in the manufacture of the finer grades of Leghorn hats. 



Poa trivialis L. (common). 

 Rough-stalked Meadow Grass. 



Occasional. Moist meadows, borders of streams and about 

 springs. June — July. Naturalized from Europe. 



Poa debilis Torr. (weak). 



Rare or local. Rocky woods or fields, either dry or moist : 

 Union, Ashford and Stafford (Weatherby & Bissell), Oxford 

 (Harger), New Haven (R. W. Woodward), SaHsbury (C. S. 

 Phelps & Bissell). May— July. 



Poa alsodes Gray (of groves). 



Rocky woods or along woodland brooks. Rare or local in 

 the eastern part of the state and along the coast westward, 

 becoming occasional in northwestern Connecticut. May — 

 June. 



