GRASSES OF OHIO 
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1. Panicum agrostoides Sprang. Agrostis-like Panic-grass. An 
erect, rather stout, glabrous perennial, 1-3^ ft. high, with loose 
sheaths and a purplish, oblong-ovate panicle, 6-12 in. long, the 
branches stiffly ascending. Spikelets crowded on sparsely hairy, short 
pedicels; lemma oval. 
In wet ground and along shores. July-Sept. Portage, Erie. 
2. Panicum stipitatum Nash. Long Panic-grass. A branched, 
erect perennial with compressed stems, 3-5 ft. high, and leaf-blades 
1 ft. or more long, often purplish and scabrous. Inflorescence a pyra¬ 
midal, purplish panicle; spikelets secund, acuminate, crowded; lemma 
narrowly elliptic and raised on a delicate stalk. 
In moist soil. July-Sept. Northeastern Ohio to Lorain, Fair- 
field and Columbiana Counties. 
3. Panicum virgatum L. Tall Smooth Panic-grass. A tall 
glabrous perennial grass, 3-7^ ft. high, with creeping rhizomes, and 
loose panicles with ascending or spreading branches. Spikelets ovate, 
acute to acuminate; outer empty glume about one-half as long 
as the spikelet; first lemma usually subtending a palet and staminate 
flower. Second lemma shining, inclosing a perfect flower. An im¬ 
portant grass. 
It makes fair hay when cut young. In dry or moist soil, es¬ 
pecially in prairies. Aug., Sept. General. 
4. Panicum dichotomiflorum Mx. Spreading Panic-grass. A 
glabrous branching annual grass with compressed decumbent and 
geniculate stems, 4-6 ft. long, and a diffuse pyramidal panicle with 
the lower branches at length widely spreading. Spikelets crowded, 
lanceolate, acute, glabrous, sometimes purplish; outer empty glume 
one-fourth as long as the spikelet; fertile lemma elliptic, shining. 
A weed. Cattle and horses are very fond of it. In wet soil and 
cultivated fields. July-Sept. General. 
5. Panicum miliaceum L. Millet Panic-grass. An erect or de¬ 
cumbent annual grass with rather stout stems, 1-2 ft. high, and a 
dense panicle drooping at maturity. Sheaths papillose-hirsute. Spike¬ 
lets ovoid, acuminate, turgid; outer empty glume ^ as long as the 
spikelet. 
In waste places. A good fodder grass. Sometimes cultivated 
as a cereal. July-Sept. Lawrence, Richland, Erie. Introduced from 
Europe. 
6. Panicum capillare L. Tumble Panic-grass. A stout spar¬ 
ingly branched, erect or decumbent annual, l-5j4 ft. high, with 
papillose-hirsute sheaths and a very large diffuse panicle with capil¬ 
lary branches, at first included in the sheath but later becoming 
exserted and finally breaking off at maturity as a tumble grass. 
Spikelets acute; outer empty glume 14-^4 as long as the spikelet. 
