Index 
This is an index to genera, species, and common names of the grass plants 
discussed in the text. 
Agropyron smithii, 11 
alkali sacaton, 173 
Amphicarpum muhlenbergianum, 13 
Andropogon 
barbinodis, 15 
capillipes, 17 
divergens, 19, 35 
elliottii, 21 
gerardi, 23 
hallii, 25 
saccharoides, 27 
scoparius, 29, 35 
stolonifer, 31 
tener, 33 
temarius, 35 
virginicus, 37 
Anthaenantia villosa, 39 
Aristida 
oligantha, 41 
purpurascens, 43 
rhizomophora, 45 
stricta, 47 
wrightii, 49 
Arizona cottontop, 191 
arrowfeather threeawn, 43 
Arundinaria 
gigantea, 51 
tecta, 53 
Axonopus affinis, 55 
barestem paspalum, 133 
beaked panicum, 119 
bent-awn plumegrass, 95 
big bluestem, 23 
big cordgrass, 145, 165 
big sandreedgrass, 71 
black grama, 61 
blowoutgrass, 149 
blue grama, 63 
bluegrass, Texas, 147 
blue maidencane, 13 
bluestem 
big, 23 
broomsedge, 37 
cane, 15 
chalky, 17 
creeping, 31 
elliott, 21 
little, 29, 35 
pinebill, 19, 35 
sand, 25 
silver, 27 
slender, 33 
splitbeard, 35 
Bouteloua 
breviseta, 57 
curtipendula, 59 
eriopoda, 61 
gracilis, 63 
hirsuta, 65 
trifida, 67 
bristlegrass 
knotroot, 153 
plains, 155 
broadleaf uniola, 205 
broomsedge bluestem, 37 
brownseed paspalum, 141 
Buchloe dactyloides, 69 
buffalograss, 69 
burrograss, 151 
Calamovilfa gigantea, 71 
cane 
giant, 51 
switch, 53 
cane bluestem, 15 
Carolina jointtail, 109 
carpetgrass, common, 55 
Cenchrus pauciflorus, 73 
chalky bluestem, 17 
chino grama, 57 
Chloris 
cucullata, 75 
glauca, 77 
verticillata, 79 
chloris, saltmarsh, 77 
common carpetgrass, 55 
common reed, 145 
cordgrass 
big, 145, 165 
gulf, 171 
marshhay, 167 
prairie, 169 
sand, 163 
smooth, 161 
cottontop, Arizona, 191 
creeping bluestem, 31 
Ctenium aromaticum, 81 
cupgrass, Texas, 97 
curly mesquite, 101 
curtiss dropseed, 179 
cutgrass, giant, 209 
cutover muhly, 111 
cu^throatgrass, 117 
Distichlis 
spicata, 83, 185 
stricta, 85 
dropseed 
curtiss, 179 
Florida, 181 
meadow, 175 
pineywoods, 183 
sand, 177 
seashore, 185 
eastern gamagrass, 203 
elliott bluestem, 21 
Elymus virginicus, 87 
Eragrostis 
intermedia, 89 
spectabilis, 91 
trichodes, 93 
Erianthus contortus, 95 
Eriochloa sericea, 97 
fall witchgrass, 107 
Florida dropseed, 181 
Florida paspalum, 137 
Florida threeawn, 45 
fourflower trichloris, 195 
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