Poa brevifolia. Botany of the United States north of Virginia (1856), Lewis C Beck
“Woods. Penn. Muhl. April.”
Listed in this book as Poa brevifolia
Poa brevifolia. Botany of the United States north of Virginia (1856), Lewis C Beck
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erved and obtuse ; lower palea 5-nerved, at length 5-toothed at the apex. Wet sandy places. N. Eng. and N. Y. W. to Ohio. June, July. 'JJ-. Culm I 3 feet long, rooting at the lower joints. Leaves flat, pale green. Pan- icle large, weak, nodding when young. Toothed Meadow-grass. 15. P. maritima Huds. : culm somewhat geniculate ; leaves convolute ; panicle erect, somewhat crowded ; spikelets linear, about 5-flowered, terete ; flowers rather obtuse, indistinctly 5-nerved. Salt marshes. Near Boston. Mass. June. 1}.. Root creeping. Culm 8 12 inches high, rigid. Leaves somewhat pungent, glaucous. Panicle rigidly erect, sometimes purplish. Sea Meadow-grass. 16. P. brevifolia MM. : culm oblique ; leaves very short ; ligule acumi- nate ; panicle loose ; branches in pairs, horizontal ; spikelets 3 4-flowered ; palese pubescent. Woods. Penn. Muhl. April. ^4-- Culm about 2 feet high, somewhat an- gular. Panicle loose, flexuous. Short-leaved Meadow-grass. 17. P. conferta Ett. : culm erect, geniculate ; panicles terminal and ax- illary, erect; spikelets about 8-flowered, compressed ; flowers clustered, smooth. P. glomeraia Walt. Penn. Schwcinitz. S. to Car. 9J.. Culm 2 3 feet high. Leaves smooth, flat, serrulate on the margin. Panicles 4 8 inches long. Clustered Meadow-grass. 18. P. Eragrostis Linn. : culm oblique ; sheaths smooth
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