PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 147 



Milium effusum Z. 



Tall millet grass 

 Head of Cascade lake. June. 



Muhlenbergia Mexicana (Z.) Trin. 

 Mexican muhlenbergia. Meadow muhlenbergia 

 Raybrook. August. A leafy and much branched species. 



Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Bv. 

 B. aristatum Bv. 

 Awned brachyelytrum 

 Woods. Common. July and August. 



Phleum pratense Z. 



Timothy. Herd's grass 

 Introduced and cultivated extensively for hay, but naturalized and 

 growing freely almost everywhere. July and August. 



Alopecurus geniculatus Z. 



Marsh foxtail 

 Moist ground. Ausable valley. July. 



Agrostis alba Z. 



Fiorin. White bent grass 



Common in low wet ground. Introduced and thoroughly naturalized. 

 July and August. 



A. alba vulgaris {With.) Thurber 

 Red top 



Meadows and pastures. Very common. Introduced and naturalized. 

 A small fine grass but an excellent fodder and pasture grass. Good for 

 lawns. 



Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckm. 

 Thin grass 



Wet places and along streams in woods. Common. August. 



Agrostis rubra Z. 



A. canina L. (in part) 

 Red bent grass 

 Top of Mt Mclntyre. August. 



