PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



Panicularia Americana (Torrey) MacM. 

 Glyceria grandis Wats. 

 Reed meadow grass 

 Wet places in meadows and pastures. Raybrook. August. 



Panicularia pallida {Torrey) Kuntze 

 Glyceria pallida Trin. 

 Pale manna grass 

 Water holes. Raybrook and old Keene road. August. 



Panicularia fluitans (Z.) Kuntze 

 Glyceria fluitans R. Br. 

 Floating manna grass 

 Shallow water and wet places. Raybrook. August. 



Festuca ovina Z. 



Sheep fescue grass 



Roadside. Lake Placid. June. This grass was probably introduced 

 here. It is the only fescue grass observed in North Elba. 



Bromus ciliatus Z. 



Fringed brome grass. Wood chess 



Woods. Near the Notch house. August. The form having the 

 flower scales everywhere pubescent is very common here. It is the pre- 

 vailing form in the Adirondacks. It is B.purgans L., but is generally 

 considered a form of B. ciliatus, though it has a different appearance. 



Agropyron repens (Z.) Bv. 



Quack grass. Quick grass. Couch grass 



Fields and waste places. Raybrook. August. A troublesome weed 

 in gardens and cultivated fields, and fortunately rare in North Elba. 



Agropyron caninum (Z.) R. & S. 



Awned wheat grass. Fibrous rooted wheat grass 



Dry sandy or rocky soil. Fields and roadsides. Along the railroad 

 at Raybrook and near North Elba post, office. July and August. This 

 is a peculiar form often having awns shorter than the flower scales. 



