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THE UNITED STATES

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FOREST SERVICE AGRICULTURE HANDBOOK NO. 58

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GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE

UNITED STATES

(An annotated list with bibliography)

Compiled hy

FRANCES 0. WEINTRAUB, plant taxonomist,^

Division of Dendrology and Ramage Forage Investigations, Forest Service

Introduced grasses are becoming of ever-increasing importance in

pasture, range, and associated soil-management practices. This publication attempts to list, in many cases with notes on origin, distribution, characteristics, and usage, all the species of demonstrated

economic value as well as those now believed promising. In addition,

a considerable number of species are included which are recorded

merely as "on ballast" (accidental introductions) or which, at present,

can be considered only as weeds.

Although many species that are confined to experimental grass

nurseries are listed, no pretension is made to completeness on this

score. Many ephemeral introductions have been omitted. On the

other hand, some important selections and hybrids are included

although not introduced in the strict sense. Only passing mention

has been accorded the common cereals wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn,

and rice.

Rather than prepare several lists according to type of usage, degree

of importance, or habit of growth, it was thought preferable to have

only one list in which entries are made alphabetically by scientific

name. In setting up this list, an effort has been made to clarify

nomenclatural confusion.

It is believed that the bibliography (p. ö7) will prove helpful, since

it includes articles dealing with characteristics and uses of most of

the species listed here. No attempt has been made to evaluate the

individual entries critically ; recommendations given are those of the

original authors.

AEGILOPS CYLINDRICA Host jainted goatgrass

Annual. Europe. Widely distributed in United States. Found

in wheatfields, pastures, and on abandoned farmland. Awns injurious

to grazing animals. Joints contain 11.7 percent protein and, when

maturing together with wheat, can be separated therefrom for stock

feed.

^Grateful acknowledgment is made of the generous assistance given by the

following persons in the compilation of this paper : Wüliam A. Dayton, A. C.

HuU, Jr., Richard M. Hurd, and Elbert H. Reid of the Forest Service ; Miss

Frances J. Flick of the Department of Agriculture Library ; Jason R. Swallen and

Mrs. Agnes Chase of the Smithsonian Institution; Mason A. Hein and Mrs.

Thelma H. Gonway of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural

Engineering ; A. L. Hafenrichter and James E. Smith, Jr., of the Soil Conservation Service.

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AEGILOPS OVATA L.

Europe. Virginia and California. Obnoxious weed; awns injurious to animals.

AEGILOPS TRIUNCIALIS L. barb goatgrass

Annual. Europe. Pennsylvania, California. Troublesome weed

in wheatfields and on foothill rangeland. Avoided by cattle; it is

claimed by some that the awns are injurious while others report that

cattle can eat the plant with no ill effects.

AELUROPUS LITTORALIS (Gouan) Pari.

Mediterranean saltgrass

Mediterranean region. Introduced 1913; reintroduced 1924, 1930;

more recently cultivated at Tucson, Ariz., and State College, N. Mex.

Spreads rapidly by stolons and forms abundant seed ; produces highquality hay; more palatable than the native saltgrasses {Distichlis

spp.). Promising for reseeding on alkaline adobe soils with a high

water table and for forage, lawn grass, or erosion control.

AGROPYRON AMURENSE Drob, Amur wheatgrass

Russia. Two accessions, supposed to be A, am/urense^ have been

introduced. Plant Introduction 131532, P. I. 135550. One of these

was later identified as A, sendcostatwm. The other was tentatively

identified as A, intermediuTn, Therefore, there is some question if

there is any true A. amurense in the United States. Cultivated at

experiment stations. Recommended for range reseeding in ponderosa

pine and pinyon-juniper lands in Colorado, and on the better sagebrush-type land in Wyoming; poor growth on salt desert shrub-type

land. Rated of secondary importance for soil conservation in Pacific

Northwest.

AGROPYRON CANINUM (L.) Beauv.

Eurasia. Ballast near Portland, Oreg. Much confusion in name,

and identification of this species. Well adapted during average-rainfall years.

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM (L.) Gaertn. crested wheatgrass

Also called Fairway crested wheatgrass. Eastern Europe ; western

Asia; introduced from Siberia. To be distinguished from A, desertorwn to which most so-called ''crested wheatgrass," other than the

Fairway strain, is properly assigned.

The Fairway strain, which is the commercial form of this species

and the one commonly used in artificial reseeding, is characterized by

bright green color and great uniformity ; grows about 22 inches high.

As compared to the Standard strain {A, desertorum) it is shorter,

more leafy, smaller stemmed, smaller seeded, has more spreading

spikelets and more pronounced awns. Cultivated for seed and hay

in the Great Plains and western United States; hay highly palatable

to sheep in Oregon. Said to reseed itself better under semiarid conditions; more resistant to root rot in the seedling stage than A, desertorum. Excellent results in reseeding trials in eastern Wyoming.
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AGROPYRON DESERTORUM (Fisch.) Schult

desert wheatgrass

Often called Standard crested wheatgrass to distinguish it from

true crested wheatgrass {A, cristatimi)^ with which it has been much

confused. From a nomenclatural standpoint, most of the "crested

wheatgrass" of seedsmen and agronomists belongs here. European

Russia, Caucasus, western Siberia and central Asia. New York and

North Dakota ; widely cultivated in northern Great Plains. First

introduced in 1898, but did not attract attention until reintroduction

in 191Ö. As compared with the Fairway strain of crested wheatgrass

{A, cristatum) it is much more variable as to size, leanness, and head

type, and is more extensively used in the United States. Now rated

as one of the most successful of introduced grasses.

A variable bunchgrass with an extensive root system; thrives best

with rainfall greater than 12 inches but does well on some sites with

8 inches or less of rainfall. Does not grow well on hard clays or

coarse sands, is moderately tolerant of alkaline soil. Has long growing season but makes little growth during midsummer; resistant to

drought, cold, and disease ; competes better with cheatgrass {Bromus

tectoTUTYh) when moisture supply is limited,

Reseeds itself well ; seed easily harvested ; germination high ; seedlings develop slowly. Seedbed preparation necessary for successful

stands, particularly where rainfall is less than 10 inches. Best cut

for hay ]ust prior to flowering. Used alone or in rotation with wheat

for soil conservation and improvement; nutritious; palatable for

sheep, especially in the spring. Properly utilized established stands

have remained productive 10 to 16 years in the Pacific Northwest and

much longer on the Great Plains.

Especially adapted to the northern Great Plains region and valleys

and foothills of Rocky Mountains. More productive than any other

perennial grass for dry grazing land in Montana. Valuable for regrassing abandoned croplands, depleted ranges, and burned-over

land. Valuable for range reseeding and as a feed crop in drier areas

of Wyoming; has been successfully grown in cooler parts of New

Mexico, and the Texas Panhandle; does not withstand a succession of

hot, dry seasons in the southern Great Plains. Tested for reseeding

sagebrush, pine, and woodland ranges in northern New Mexico and

Arizona, eastern Washington and Oregon, southern Idaho, Nevada,

Utah, and Colorado, with promising results. Used occasionally for

skid roads and logging landings in the Northwest. Well adapted to

cheatgrass and weedy areas of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Montana and

to saltgrass areas in Nevada and Utah. Most drought-resistant

planted grass in Nevada, but needs irrigation in arid parts of the

State.

Strains now being developed have larger, awnless seeds and are more

uniform and vigorous. The observed variability of this grass is

thought by some to be due to admixture of the commercially available

seed with appreciable amounts of the Fairway strain and of Transbaikal wheatgrass {A, ndchnoi).

^ rhizomatous crested wheatgrass

Taxonomic status uncertain. Believed by some to be derived from

a single rhizomatous specimen of A. deserioru/m and by others to be
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identical with Ä, michnoi. Rated as good in preliminary reseeding

trials on both sagebrush and salt desert shrub types of land in

Wyoming.

AGROPYRON DIVARICATUM Boiss. and Bal.

Turkish wheatgrass

Turkey. Cultivated at experiment stations. Drought-resistant

and long-lived bunchgrass with poor seed habits; inferior to Standard crested wheatgrass {Ä. desertorum) and Russian wildrye {Elymus

jtmceiis).

AGROPYRON ELONGATUM (Host) Beauv. tall wheatgrass

Southern Europe and Asia Minor ; introduced from Turkey ; grows

on saline meadows and seashores in its native habitat. Introduced

in 1909 ; discarded as too aggressive at Utah in 1919 ; regarded favorably at Athens, Ga., in 1920, but largely ignored for a decade. A

coarse, nonlodging, very late-maturing bunchgrass 2^^ to 6 feet tall

under cultivation. Cultivated for seed production in Intermountain

and other regions; southern limit of adaptation unknown. Usually

reported as resistant to cold and drought but killed in south-central

Colorado at 7,600 to 10,000-foot elevations during the cold, dry winter

of 1949-50. It makes excellent fall and spring recovery; remains

green 3 to 6 weeks longer than most other grasses, including Standard

crested wheatgrass (A, desertorum). Fairly palatable; useful as a

forage plant because it gives green leed in dry summers. High yield

of palatable hay for sheep in Oregon if cut before bloom.

Usually planted alone owing to its late summer growth. Four to

five seasons required for full development; produces maximum crop

for many years. Very salt-tolerant; high yields on subirrigated alkaline soils. Seed production excellent where growing season is long ;

does not mature seed at high elevations; seed large and easily

threshed. Hybridizes with common and durum wheat and has been

used in attempts to produce a perennial wheat.

Successfully used for conservation and erosion control; has been

planted on abandoned, wind-eroded prairie in the Northwest where

it provides supplementary summer pasturage. Recommended for

range seedings on sagebrush and mountain lands in Idaho, Utah,

Colorado, and Nevada. Has given poor to good results in seeding

experiments in the ponderosa pine area in Colorado and northern

New Mexico and Arizona, and has been suggested for trial on the

sagebrush and cheatgrass (Bronms tectorum) ranges in northern

Arizona and New Mexico; poor performance on dry sagebrush and

salt desert shrub range in Wyoming.

AGROPYRON INTERMEDIUM (Host) Beauv.

intermediate wheatgrass

Central and southern Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus to

central Asia. Ballast at Camden, N. J. Introduced unsuccessfully in

1907 and 1920's ; reintroduced in 1930's. Closely related to tall wheatgrass {A. elongatwm) and pubescent wheatgrass {A. trichophorum).

Three to four feet tall; resistant to lodging ; moderately coarse ; rhizomatous; sod-forming. Cultivated for seed production in the Intermountain and other regions, including higher elevations of the Southwest. Vigorous and easily established; spreads rapidly to give in
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the first year a dense, leafy ground cover which is maintained during

winter. Used for pasture, hay, and as a soil binder. Growth commences 4 to 5 weeks earlier than native grasses ; late-maturing. Stays

green longer in summer than Standard crested wheatgrass (A,

desertorum) ; it is readily grazed when young; makes excellent hay

when cut in early flowering.

Long-lived; resistant to disease and frost; drought resistance inferior to that of Standard crested wheatgrass but superior to that of

smooth brome {Bromus inennis). Requires 15 inches average precipitation, good drainage, medium to high fertility. Good growth

reported at elevations up to 10,000 feet in particular localities. Seed

heavy, beardless, and easily threshed; production appears to vary

widely with locality, but is generally high ; seed commercially available ; can be propagated by rhizomes. Hybridizes with common and

durum wheat.

Suitable for erosion control on sand hills, waterways, and terrace

channels ; used with alfalfa for soil conservation in the Pacific Northwest where it is thought superior to smooth brome; promising for

range reseeding ; has been successful in Utah where summers are hot,

dry, and windy and the soil bakes; has been suggested for seeding

national forest areas in Montana, sagebrush, woodland, and mountain

ranges of eastern Oregon and Washington, Wyoming, Colorado,

Idaho and Utah, and northern Arizona and New Mexico. Heavy

rust infestation reported in Texas.

AGROPYRON INTERMEDIUM X TRICHOPHORUM

Ree wheatgrass

Discovered and developed at South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. No superiority observed for this plant over either

parent. Growth of established plants starts early in spring if moisture is favorable, continues during heat of summer, and is rapid

during cool, moist weather of late summer. Drought- and frostresistant; practically free from ergot; adaptable to wide range of

soils; more alkali-tolerant than Standard crested wheatgrass {A.

desertorunh). Fairly readily established; rapid recovery after cutting; good seed production. Highly nutritious and palatable, being

superior to smooth brome {Bromms inermis) in this respect. Best

hay when harvested in early bloom stage.

AGROPYRON JUNCEUM (L.) Beauv. rushleaf wheatgrass

Europe. On ballast near Portland, Oreg., and on dunes, San Francisco, Calif. Has been tested for soil conservation use in the Pacific

Northwest and found to be similar to pubescent wheatgrass (A.

trichophorum) though not as drought-resistant.

AGROPYRON MICHNOI Roshev. Transbaikal wheatgrass

Mongolia and eastern Siberia. Grown at experiment stations and

occasionally found mixed with A, desertorum, (See rhizomatous

crested wheatgrass under A. desertorum.)

AGROPYRON MONGOLICUM Keng Mongolian wheatgrass

Asia. Related to Siberian wheatgrass {A, sïbirîeum) ; a plant of

sturdy habit with very short awns. Cultivated at experiment stations.
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AGROPYRON ORIENTALE (L,) Roem. & Schult,

Oriental wheatgrass

Annual. Asia Minor. Many introductions from 1903 to 1'939,

Cultivated at experiment stations; poor results at Pullman, Wash.;

grew fairly well in Texas, but died out.

AGROPYRON PANORMITANUM Pari.

Mediterranean region; introduced from Turkey in 1937, grows

in forested areas where native. Cultivated at Pullman, Wash.

Coarse growth; 40 to 49 inches tall; moderately drought-resistant.

AGROPYRON POPOVII Drob.

Russia. Closely related taxonomically to pubescent wheatgrass

(Ä. triehophorum), intermediate wheatgrass (A, intermedium), and

tall wheatgrass {A, elongatum^). Being tested at experiment stations.

A late-maturing grass rated of secondary importance for soil conservation in Pacific Northwest.

AGROPYRON PUNGENS (Pers.) Roem. & Schult.

stiffleaf wheatgrass

Europe. Found in a few localities along Northeast and Northwest

coasts. Most of the so-named material introduced for experimental

purposes in 1924 is not identical with European material but is apparently a form of quackgrass {A, repens) although differing somewhat;

only one introduction number (Plant Introduction 119604 from

Turkey in 1937) grown at Logan, Utah, appears to be J.. pungens;

not established whether published reports on A. pungens refer to

P. I. 119604 or not. More robust than quackgrass and maintains

forage yields over a greater period of time ; has stout rhizomes and is

drought-resistant; forms a good ground cover; is a good soil binder

and sod-former ; easily established at some locations ; does not lodge ;

has good seed habits; seeds do not shatter ; is palatable and latematuring. Promising on pinyon-juniper lands of western Colorado.

AGROPYRON RAMOSUM (Trin.) Rieht.

Russia. Introduced unsuccessfully in 1906 ; reintroduced 1935.

Cultivated at Pullman, Wash. Similar to quackgrass {A, repens) ;

aggressive; rhizomatous; slender; 14 inches tall; late-maturing.

AGROPYRON REPENS (L.) Beauv. quackgrass

Eurasia. Common in northern States as a persistent weed in cultivated and abandoned fields, and often a serious pest. Propagated

by seed or rhizomes ; commences growth early ; withstands severe

summers and winters; generally requires a fairly good, moist soil;

palatable and nutritious; a fair hay grass; large yields during first

few years but becomes sod-bound and requires plowing. Eradication,

though sometimes difficult, can usually be achieved by plowing in a

dry season. Excellent for erosion control on railroad or other embankments. Used in parts of the Northeast and Midwest as lawn

grass and in Michigan for golf courses on sandy ground. It should

not be used in or near agricultural land.
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AGROPYRON SEMICOSTATUM (Steud.) Nees

drooping wheatgrass

Asia; introduced from Manchuria. Under trial at many experiment stations. Reported as lacking vigor, partially winterkilling,

and of no value in North Dakota. Said to be a vigorous grower and

very promising in Kansas where it was drought-resistant and produced viable seed under adverse conditions. From the Northwest

it is reported as remarkable for growth during hot, dry weather and

for recovery after cutting ; starts growth early in the spring. Several

strains have set two crops of seed in one season; forage production

and ground cover are maintained until freezing temperatures occur

daily. Similar to the native slender wheatgrass (A, trachycautimi)

in adaptation and use except that seed production is more difficult and

the species may be shorter-lived.

AGROPYRON SIBIRICUM (Willd.) Beauv,

Siberian wheatgrass

European Russia, Caucasus, western Siberia, and central Asia.

Introduced as early as 1906 but not successfully grown until 1920's.

Similar to Fairway crested wheatgrass {A, cristatum) and Standard

crested wheatgrass {A. desertorum) but smaller, more slender, and

awnless. Less widely planted than the latter species. Droughtresistant; seed habits good; ground cover fair; good spring and fall

recovery ; will grow in sandy soils with an underlying hardpan, and is

superior to its close relatives under dry-land conditions. Seed not

at present available commercially. Adapted in the Northwest and in

the Intermountain region ; southern and eastern limits of adaptation

undetermined, but promising on dry sites in Wyoming, Nevada,

Colorado, Utah, and Idaho.

AGROPYRON TRICHOPHORUM (Link) Rieht.

pubescent wheatgrass

Also called stiffhair wheatgrass. Eastern Europe to central Asia,

Caucasus, and Asia Minor. A moderately coarse grass with short,

thick rhizomes which may not be apparent until the second or third

year; easily established; matures in late August; seed habits fair;

seeds do not shatter but are difficult to thresh.

Able to survive dry, hot, and windy summers in areas where the

soil bakes; suitable for pastures on burned-over land; not adapted

to wet, poorly drained soils. Forage yields high, especially in early

spring and late fall ; only the new growth is grazed. Grouped taxonomically with intermediate wheatgrass {A, intermedivm) and tall

wheatgrass {A. elongatvm) ; in comparison with the former it is

better adapted to infertile and alkaline soils, and to areas of low rainfall ; gives quicker ground cover and is more palatable as pasturage.

Cultivated for seed in Intermountain region, Washington, and at

higher elevations of the Southwest. Can be used for range reseeding,

pasture mixtures, or for conservation of eroded or wind-blown areas.

It furnishes palatable grazing for sheep in Oregon during the summer.

Has given excellent results in range reseeding experiments in ponderosa pine areas of Colorado, eastern Oregon and Washington, and
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northern Arizona and New Mexico; in the sagebrush and woodland

areas of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming ; and on foothill rangelands of northeastern Washington.

AGROPYRON TRITICEUM Gaertn.

Annual. Southeastern Europe to Asia Minor and Central Asia.

Found sparingly as weed in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington ; probably accidentally introduced with other seed.

AGROSTIS ALBA L. redtop

Europe. ^ Found throughout the cooler parts of United States,

especially in the Northeast, Widely cultivated; also grows wild.

Particularly adapted to wet lands, although drought-resistant when

established and successful on sandy soils; both acid- and alkalitolerant; a good sod-former; forms a good turf in a short time;

seeds well; seed viable 2 years.

Though extensively employed for permanent pasturage it is less

palatable than most cultivated grasses ; matures about the same time

as timothy and persists longer; should be cut in early flowering.

Used for meadows and pastures in mixtures; withstands trampling;

valuable as a wet-land hay crop or for pasture mixtures under humid

conditions or on poor soil. Becomes stemmy and dies out under close

cutting and hence not now recommended as a lawn grass although

formerly used as such.

Suitable for erosion control, particularly on edges of running

streams; planted together with alsike clover and a more rapidly developing grass for stabilization of gullies and waterways in the Pacific

Northwest; has been used for reclamation of abandoned land in Pennsylvania; furnishes food for manj^ birds. The most desirable of the

30 commercial and introduced strains are tall, have very broad leaves,

and are slow-spreading.

AGROSTIS AVENACEA Gmel.

(A. retrofracta Willd.)

Asia. Sparingly introduced ; California, Texas, and Ohio.

AGROSTIS CANINA L. velvet bent

Europe. Northeastern States; in meadows and open ground.

Forms a close sod ; is hardy, an early spring grower, and withstands

heat better than Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensi$). Adapted to

both sun and shade; more aggressive than Colonial bent {A. tennis).

Used principally for lawn mixtures and putting greens.

AGROSTIS NEBULOSA Bois. & Reut. cloudgrass

Spain. Occasionally cultivated for ornament; used for dried bouquets.

AGROSTIS NIGRA With. black bent

Europe. Introduced in imported lawn seed.

AGROSTIS PALUSTRIS Huds. creeping bent

Also known as seaside, Coos Bay, and Cocoos bents (propagated by

seed) and Metropolitan and Washington bents (propagated by stolons

and formerly called carpet bent). Eurasia. Northern, especially

coastal, United States; found sparingly in the interior ; fairly common
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in mixtures in the Northeast and in purer stands in Washington and

Oregon west of the Cascades. Good forage on summer ranges in

Oregon. Sometimes confused with redtop (A. alia) and Colonial

bent (A. tennis). An excellent turf-forming species valuable for

golf courses and lawns and, to a lesser extent, for pastures and hay,

especially in moist soil in seaside meadows, as in Washington and

Oregon. Gave poor results in reseeding trials in California at 1,000-

foot altitude. •

AGROSTIS SEMIVERTICILLATA (Forsk.) C. Christ

(A. verticillata Vill.) water bent

Subtropical Eurasia. Southwestern States; Washington and Oregon ; moist ground at low altitudes, especially along irrigation ditches.

AGROSTIS TENUIS Sibth. Colonial bent

Also called Rhode Island bent. Europe. Northeastern States and

northern Pacific coast. Common in pasture mixtures and escaped.

Produces a fine turf; thrives on well-drained, acid soils; adversely

affected by liming. Good grazing on summer ranges in Oregon.

Used for golf courses and lawns.

AGROSTIS TENUIS Sibth. Highland bent (strain)

A named strain of Colonial bent produced in the Pacific Northwest.

AGROSTIS TRANSCASPIA Litw.

Asia Minor. Cultivated at Tucson, Ariz. Grows on heavy soil;

suggested as promising for use in dry-site erosion control in the West.

AIRA CARYOPHYLLEA L. silver hairgrass

Annual, some forms native. Europe and South America. Eastern

Coastal Plain and west coast on old cattle ranges. Dried plants (as

of the native A. elegans) used for decoration.

AIRA PRAECOX L. early hairgrass

Annual. Europe. Northeast and northwest coast; sandy ground.

Dried plants used for decoration.

ALOPECURUS ARUNDINACEUS Poir. reed foxtail

{A. ventricosus Pers.)

Also called creeping foxtail. Europe. North Dakota; adventive

in hay meadows and cultivated to some extent in Northern States

where it is best adapted. Similar to meadow foxtail {A. pratensis)

in growth habits but with more vigorous rhizomes and blackish seeds;

a long-lived grass with fair seed habits and high forage yield ; weak

in the seedling stage. Although the heads ripen rather early, 30 days

before timothy {Phleum pratense), the forage remains green throughout the summer except under severe drought. Particularly well

adapted to brackish conditions of tideland pasture and to river bottoms subject to overflow. Used as a wet-land pasture grass iii the

Pacific Northwest. Fourteen strains have a range of variation of 14

inches in height and 16 days in date of maturity.

ALOPECURUS CRETICUS Trin. Cretan foxtail

Annual. Europe. Ballast and waif at Philadelphia, Pa.

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ALOPECURUS MYOSUROIDES Huds. slimspike foxtail

Eurasia. Sparingly introduced ; Maine to North Carolina, Texas,

Washington, and Oregon.

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS L. meadow foxtail

Eurasia. Introduced about 1850. Scattered distribution in Northern States and cultivated there; grown both near the coast and at

high altitudes. Grows best in cool, moist climates but is tolerant of

temperature, shade, and salt except for high concentrations; has weak

rhizomes; seeds awned, predominately white. Produces large yield

of palatable leaves of very high protein content. Seedlings weak and

do not withstand weed competition or grazing; good results when

planted with birdsfoot trefoil. Matures early, î month before timothy {PKlernn pratense)^ but the forage remains green except under

severe drought. The hay is good ; best cut at full bloom. Has been

utilized for silage in mixture.

Best suited for wet-land pasture for which it is grown in mixtures.

Grows especially well in brackish tideland pasture or river bottoms

subject to overflow imder which conditions it excels ryegrass {Lolium

spp.), orchardgrass {Daetylis glomerata), and clover. G^od hay and

pasture both of which are palatable to sheep in Oregon. Palatability

occasionally reported as inferior in western Washington, presumably

because of the local presence of better-liked species. Seed mostly imported ; a small amount is produced in Oregon.

ALOPECURUS RENDLEI Eig.

Annual. Europe. Waif and ballast, Philadelphia, Pa.

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA (L.) Link European beachgrass

Also called HoUandgrass. Europe. San Francisco to Oregon;

north Atlantic coast. Used for control of shifting dunes along the

Pacific coast since 1896 and, on the northern part of that area, is still

the principal grass used in initial plantings for that purpose. Makes

excellent recovery when covered by large amounts of sand but tends

to die out when the sand ceases to move and hence is unsuitable for

permanent erosion control. Because of this fact it is inferior for this

purpose to the native American beachgrass {A, hreviligulata) and

the native American dunegrass {Elymus mollis) which doubtless

will be used more extensively as they become commercially available.

AMPELODESMOS MAURITANICUS (Poir.) Dur. & Schinz

Mauritania vinereed

Mediterranean region. Grown for ornament in California ; escaped

in Napa County.

ANDROPOGON ANNULATUS Forsk. Diaz bluestem

Also called ringed beardgrass, Brahmangrass, Kleberg-grass.

Northern Africa, China, India. Kleberg County, Tex., roadsides.

This species has been confused with Angletongrass {A, nodosus).

There are two recently introduced strains. Has produced viable seed

in Texas and now limitedly used for range reseeding in the southern

part of that State. The seed does not require a resting period. Limited seed supplies now available. It can be reproduced also by stolons

(85 percent successful).
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ANDROPOGON CARICOSUS L.

India. Cultivated. Said to be promising for reseeding of dry

range country in the Southern and Southwestern States, but not thus

far used in Texas.

ANDROPOGON CAUCASICUS Trin. Caucasian bluestem

Southern Russia. Cultivated in Southern States. Vigorous; easily

established from seed, and high-yielding. Has finer stems and better

texture than the native bluestems ; is drought-resistant, offers good

weed competition, and gives a good ground cover. Shatters easily

but volunteers freely; seed small, hard to collect, and must be processed ; careful planting required. Reported to do well when seeded

alone on sorghum stubble. Tested in southern Great Plains area for

dry-land grazing and for hay with good results.

ANDROPOGON FOVEOLATUS Delile Delhi bluestem

Also called todagrass. India. Has been grown at Gainesville, Fla.

Grows vigorously but is unpalatable owing to production of oil that

imparts a bitter taste to the feed.

ANDROPOGON INTERMEDIUS R. Br. Australian bluestem

India, China, Indo-Malay region. Introduced into United States

from Australia. Culivated at experiment stations. Reported as well

adapted at Angleton, Tex., and promising at Tucson, Ariz., and Stillwater, Okla. Promising for reseeding of dry range country in South

and Southwestern States and for grazing in Florida. Stems tend

to lodge ; more satisfactorily for pasturage than hay.

ANDROPOGON ISCHAEMUM L. yellow bluestem

Also called Turkestan bluestem. Central and southern Eurasia.

Cultivated at southern experiment stations; adventive in Kansas,

Tennessee, and on wool waste, Yonkers, N. Y. Grown mostly in

Texas and escaped there. Has given good results in reseeding experiments in southern Great Plains. It is vigorous, high-yielding, and

volunteers readily. Two to four feet tall; finer stemmed and of better

texture than the native bluestems ; a fair seed producer, usable for

pasture, hay, and erosion control.

ANDROPOGON ISCHAEMUM L* Elkan bluestem (strain)

Found in Elk County, Kans., in 1937; now a certified variety in

Kansas. More erect than King Ranch strain and has greatest coldresistance of any Turkestan bluestem strain in use. Seed commercially available in limited quantity.

ANDROPOGON ISCHAEMUM L.

King Ranch bluestem (strain)

Discovered in a Rhodesgrass pasture at the King Ranch in Texas in

1937. An especially vigorous, leafy, and nutritious strain. A deeprooted, semiprostrate, drought-resistant bunchgrass thattends to form

a sod when closely grazed in heavy stands. Extensive root system;

succeeds on eroded soils. Salt-tolerant but not to the degree of Angletongrass (A. nodosiis) which has been observed with runners extending

into salt water at high tide. A good forage producer ; preferred by

cattle to Rhodesgrass {Ghloris gayana) ^ giant panicum {Panicwm
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antidótale)^ Bermudagrass {OyTwdon dactylon)^ and Johnsongrass

{Sorghum halepense), Two or three seed crops annually but collection difficult because of light weight of seed and sprawling habit of

plant; seed commercially available.

ANDROPOGON ISCHAEMUM L. Turkestanbluestem (strain)

More erect and more cold-resistant than the King Ranch strain and

recommended for use at higher elevations than the latter. Not yet

commercially available.

ANDROPOGON NODOSUS (Willem.) Nash Angletongrass

Old World. Introduced from India about 1930 ; cultivated at

southern experiment stations; spontaneous in southeastern Texas and

formerly collected near Miami, Fla. This species has been frequently

confused with Diaz bluestem {A. annulatus Forsk.), q. v. A very

palatable pasture grass; has high water requirement but may survive

drought; highly salt-tolerant; spreads rapidly by long runners which

may be used conveniently for reproduction. Seeds are produced

sparingly except in the deep South ; commercially available in Texas.

ANDROPOGON PERTUSUS (L.) Willd. pitted bluestem

Also called hurricanegrass. India. State College, Miss., where it

is a troublesome weed in lawns and pastures.

ANDROPOGON SERICEUS R. Br. silky bluestem

^ Australia. Cameron County, Tex., and Ga., spontaneous on roadside banks,

ANTHEPHORA HERMAPHRODITA (L.) Kuntze

Annual. Tropical Asia. Escaped from experiment station plots

at Gainesville, Fla.

ANTHOXANTHUM ARISTATUM Boiss. annual vernalgrass

Annual. Europe. Scattered distribution in United States ; found

in waste places.

ANTHOXANTHUM GRACILE Bivon. Italian vernalgrass

Annual. Italy. Occasionally cultivated. Used for dry bouquets.

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM L. sweet vernalgrass

Eurasia. Northeastern States and southward to the cotton belt.

Starts growth early in the spring ; grows on poor soils ; turf-forming

in suitable mixtures. An inferior fodder grass owing to bitter taste ;

improves the odor of hay but is undesirable in more than a very small

amount. Seeds eaten by birds.

APERA INTERRUPTA (L.) Beauv.

(Agrostis interrupta L.)

Europe. Sparingly introduced ; Missouri and Northwestern States..

No economic importance.

APERA SPICA-VENTI (L.) Beauv. windgrass

(Agrostis spica-venti L.)

Europe. Sparingly introduced; Northeastern States, Missouri,

Oregon.
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ARISTIDA PENNATA Trin.

Persia. Cultivated at Tucson, Ariz. In Persia it is an excellent

sand-binding grass that grows in very dry, sandy areas and withstands

great extremes of temperature. Tested at Tucson as a soil binder.

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS (L.) Presl tall oatgrass

Europe. Widely distributed in the United States. Introduced

about 1807. A long-lived, deep-rooted, hardy, perennial bunchgrass

that has never attained great importance in any locality despite many

desirable forage qualities. Seed collection difficult because of shattering immediately following maturity; seedlings vigorous and give

ground good cover ; older plants grow rapidly in fall and spring. Does

not endure severe cold but will withstand considerable summer heat and

drought after it becomes established.

Most successful on rich, well-drained soils but can be grown on sandy

and gravelly soils in moist places ; salt-tolerant; does well on saltgrass

areas in Nevada and Utah; conflicting reports with regard to shade

tolerance; good for seeding under aspen in Intermountain region.

Gives an abundance of palatable hay that cures easily. Good for

pasture; palatable to sheep in spring, summer and fall in Oregon;

rapid recovery from moderate grazing; green from early spring to

late fall. Widely used in mixture with legumes and other grasses for

pasture or meadow; in Northeastern and Northwestern States for

early spring grazing, in the Pacific Northwest as green manure, in

Iowa for hay, and in the South for winter grazing and hay. One of

the recommended grasses for planting at mid- and high elevations on

mountainous ranges in the West. Good for logging roads in the

Northwest.

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS (L.) Presl

Tualatin oatgrass (selection)

Developed in Oregon. Leafier and later than the species; seed

shatters less readily and in threshing comes free from lemmas.

Adapted to some areas of forested land in the West and said to be

useful, in mixture with timothy {Phlevmn pratense) and orchardgrass {Dactylis glomerata)^ for reseeding of old logging trails; reported as not giving sustained yields on alkaline soil in Utah.

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS var. BULBOSUM (Willd.)

Spenner tuber oatgrass

Europe. Eastern States. Occasionally introduced.

ARTHRAXON HISPIDUS (Thunb.) Makino

Annual. Orient. Maryland, Missouri, and Louisiana.

ARTHRAXON HISPIDUS var. CRYPTATHERUS (Hack.)

Honda ——

Annual. Orient. Scattered; pastures, lawns, and open ground in

a few localities; mostly Southeastern States.

ARUNDINARIA AMARILIS McClure Tonkin cane

China. Cultivated; recent introduction. Used for split bamboo

fishing rods.
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ARUNDINARIA SIMONI (Carr.) A. & C. Riviere

China via Europe. Cultivated. Used as an ornament and for

handles on shuffleboard mallets.

ARUNDINELLA ECKLONII Nees ->

S. Africa. Cultivated. Tall, tough, and unpalatable.

ARUNDO DONAX L. giant reed

Tropical Old World and Mediterranean region. Arkansas and

Texas to southern California; spontaneous along the Rio Grande

River and in irrigation ditches where it sometimes becomes a serious

pest. Grows very rapidly. This grass has also been rather extensively used in southern California for erosion control, being propagated solely by rhizome divisions; its chief use is in low windbreaks,

as in South Carolina and Texas. It must, however, have some supplementary water under dry-land conditions. If properly handled it

can also be used for feed. The stems have been used for building

adobe huts, for laths, musical instruments, and woven work; cultivated as ornamental.

ARUNDO DONAX var. VERSICOLOR (Miller) Stokes

Tropical Old World. Cultivated for ornament. Has white-striped

blades.

ASTREBLA ELYMOIDES Bailey & F. Muell.

hoop Mitchellgrass

Australia. Cultivated at experiment stations. Regarded as an

excellent range grass in Australia where grown on heavy soils. Found

highly palatable but nonpersistent in tests at State College, N. Mex. ;

failed at Gainesville, Fla.; tends to winterkill in the United States;

not sufficiently tested on heavy soil.

ASTREBLA LAPPACEA (LindL) Domin. curly Mitchellgrass

Australia. Cultivated at experiment stations. Reported from

Australia as good on heavy soils. Highly palatable. Winterkills in

Oklahoma; unsuccessful at Gainesville, Fla.; germination poor in

Kansas, Texas, and elsewhere.

ASTREBLA PECTINATA (LindL) F. Muell. Mitchellgrass

Australia. Cultivated in grass gardens. Good growth in hot

weather; killed by frost. Foliage abundant; 3 feet tall at Washington, D. C., 18 inches at Ciiillicothe, Tex.; yielded 2.2 tons forage per

acre and seeded profusely in Texas ; poor results in reseeding trials

in California; failed at Gainesville, Fla.

AVENA BARBATA Brot. slender oat

Annual. Old World. West coast United States. First reported

in California in 1885. A common weed, often associated with wild

oat ; has considerable forage value.

AVENA FATUA L. wild oat

Annual. Europe. Rare in eastern United States ; a common weed

on the Pacific coast, especially in California ; used in some parts of
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 15

California for a hay crop; troublesome in wheatfields. Good forage

when young ; awns are dangerous to livestock when mature ; dry forage

is poor; new growth starts with fall rains. In the annual forage type

range of California, absence of wild oat may be an indicator of improper management. Under proper use the species is one of the most

important constituents of the annual forage crop. Seed habits good ;

useful as an erosion check because of itp quick cover. Heavily fed on

by birds.

AVENA SATIVA L. oat

Annual. Old World. Widely cultivated for grain. Grown in

southern United States for forage.

AVENA STERILIS L. animated oat

Annual. Old World. Occasionally cultivated ; sometimes spontaneous.

BAMBUSA MULTIPLEX (Lour.) Raeusch. hedge bamboo

China. Cultivated as an ornamental south of Savannah, Ga.

BACKMANNIA ERUCAEFORMIS (L.) Host

European sloughgrass

Europe. Grown in grass gardens. A wet-land grass that seeds

abundantly and volunteers in low wet places but requires more moisture than is usually available on cultivated ground.

BRACHIARIA ERUCAEFORMIS (J. E. Smith) Griseb.

rocket signalgrass

Old World. Cultivated in grass gardens; occasionally escaped.

BRACHIARIA PLANTAGINEA (Link) Hitchc.

creeping signalgrass

Annual. Mexico and South America. Reported at Metcalf, Ga.,

and on ballast in eastern United States; grown at Gainesville, Fla.

Palatable; remains green during late summer; does not withstand

close grazing. Shatters badly; reseeds itself but is late starting in

spring.

BRACHIARIA SUBQUADRIPARA (Trin.) Hitchc.

Asia. Occasionally planted in southern Florida. Thrives in dry

weather ; possibly suitable as a forage grass.

BRACHYPODIUM CAESPITOSUM (Host) Roem. & Schult.

Turkish falsebrome

Introduced at Tucson, Ariz., from Turkey.

BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON (L.) Beauv.

annual falsebrome

Annual. Europe. On ballast at Camden, N. J., and Portland,

Oreg.; grown in grass gardens and escaped in Colorado and California.

BRACHYPODIUM MUCRONATUM Willk.

beardless falsebrome

Europe. Grown in grass gardens.
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BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM Beauv. Rumanian falsebrome

Mediterranean region; grown in grass gardens. Poor results in

reseeding trials in California.

BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM (Huds.) Beauv.

woodland falsebrome

Mediterranean region. Grown in grass gardens and occasionally

cultivated for ornament.

BRIZA MAXIMA L. big quaking-grass

Annual. Europe. Cultivated for ornament; escaped in California. Used as a bedding, border or background plant, and in dried

bouquets.

BRIZA MEDIA L. perennial quaking-grass

Europe. Found sparingly in northeastern United States; escaped

from cultivation. Grows on dry, thin soils.

BRIZA MINOR L. little quaking-grass

Annual. Europe. East and west coasts, especially California.

Used as a bedding or border plant and in dried bouquets.

BROMUS ALOPECUROS Poir.

Annual. Mediterranean region. Michigan; adventive on waste

ground.

BROMUS ARENARIUS LabilL Australian chess

Australia. Found in Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, and

at Philadelphia, Pa.

BROMUS ARVENSIS L.

Annual. Europe. New York, Maryland, North Dakota, Nevada,

Arizona, and California ; in cultivated ground. Promising as winter

cover crop for orchards and vineyards in Northeastern States.

BROMUS BRIZAEFORMIS Fisch. & Mey. rattlesnake chess

Annual. Europe. West coast, rarely eastward; escaped. Used

as ornamental.

BROMUS CATHARTICUS Vahl rescuegrass

Annual. South America. Introduced prior to 1853 ; escaped cultivation and found sparingly throughout the Southern States where

cultivated for winter forage; rarely found northward. Reported as

valuable for special situations in southern Great Plains although winters in this region are usually too dry for satisfactory development.

Growth starts in fall and continues through winter; plants mature

in early summer ; 2 to 3 feet high. Requires rich soil; subject to disease. Seed production abundant where not closely grazed.

BROMUS CATHARTICUS Vahl Prairie brome (strain)

A reputedly perennial strain introduced from New Zealand and reported as superior to native bromes of the Southwest. It is a strong

winter grower but requires good soil or irrigation. Used for reseeding projects in California; suitable on coastal ranges.
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 17

BROMUS CATHARTICUS Vahl Rescue 46 (selection)

Also called Texas Rescue 46. A disease-resistant selection that is

leafier and remains green longer.

BROMUS COMMUTATUS Schrad. hairy chess

Europe. Washington, California, Montana, and Northern States;

a weed in fields of smooth brome {B, inerrms) in the Southwest.

BROMUS COMMUTATUS var, APRICORUM Simonkai

Europe. Washington, Nevada, and California; rare.

BROMUS DANTHONIAE Trin,

Europe. Grown in grass gardens.

BROMUS ERECTUS Huds. erect brome

Also called meadow brome. Europe. Found in a few localities in

Northern States where also cultivated ; rare southwards. A rapidly

developing, long-lived bunchgrass with pubescent foliage. It gives

high root and seed yields but is susceptible to head smut; makes early

recovery after cutting; valuable as a hay crop; not as palatable as

smooth brome. Prefers dry, warm, exposed situations; can be grown

on eroded or depleted soils; reported as very thrifty up to 10,000 feet;

quite promising for use on marginal lands where excessive lime or low

fertility prevents other growth; has been reported as excellent for

clay hilltops and many eroded situations where there is low to moderate rainfall. Competes more successfully with cheatgrass (¿. tectorwm) than does Standard crested wheatgrass {Agropyron desertorum) in western Montana. Has given excellent results in reseeding

tests at intermediate and high elevations in woodland and ponderosa

pine areas in Colorado and has been suggested for range reseeding on

and near the national forests in Montana. Low palatibility for sheep

in Oregon. Seed will probably become commercially available; less

pubescent strains are being developed.

BROMUS INERMIS Leyss. smooth brome

Russia and Hungary. Introduced in 1884. Extensively cultivated

in northern Great Plains region and elsewhere under semihumid conditions. Strongly rhizomatous, has high seedling vigor, but is slow

to establish. Produces abundant foliage and seed; tends to become

sod-bound after a few years and should be plowed in order to retain

its high yields ; does best in mixture with clover ; grows at a wide range

of altitudes; withstands drought and cold when established; requires

good soil and drainage; will tolerate alkaline conditions; good for

seeding saltgrass areas in Utah and Nevada. Highly palatable and

used extensively for pasture, hay, and winter forage as well as for

reseeding in the western mountain ranges and for soil binding. High

yield of palatable hay and pasture for sheep in Oregon.

Has been used with a legume for terrace outlets, seeded waterways,

and ditch banks. Excellent for irrigated pastures throughout the

Western States ; does fairly well under irrigation in southern Great

Plains, especially when mixed with alfalfa and other grasses. Has

given encouraging results in range reseeding trials in various areas

m the West and is one of the better grasses recommended for seeding

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the better sagebrush sites and mountain lands of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and

Washington. Fairly shade-tolerant and produces good stands in open

aspen, brushy, or timber areas. Seeds eaten by birds.

There are 34 strains of this species variable as to characteristics of

maturity and growth. Southern types tend to be strongly rhizomatous. Northern strains generally unsuccessful in South.

BROMUS INERMIS Leyss* Lincoln brome (strain)

A southern strain selected for high seedling vigor and ease of establishment. An aggressive sod formation makes it valuable in erosion

control as well as for pasture hay. Particularly well adapted to the

central corn belt States.

BROMUS INERMIS Leyss. Manchar brome (strain)

A northern strain selected for leanness and tendency to remain

bunchy; has exceptionally strong seedling vigor; recovers quickly

after cutting; does not rapidly become sod-bound; high disease resistance. Outstanding seed production; seeds dark purple, heavier

than other strains, easily threshed. Has been reported as good for

reseeding old logging trails in the Northwestern States.

BROMUS INERMIS Leyss. Parkland brome (selection)

A noncreeping selection developed in Canada. Compared to the

common smooth brome it is claimed to be finer stemmed and more

leafy, but has proved to be less vigorous and productive in North

Dakota. Seed available commercially.

BROMUS JAPONICUS Thunb. Japanese chess

Annual. Asia, Widely distributed in the United States. A weed

in waste places and in fields of smooth brome {B, inermis),

BROMUS LACINIATUS Beal

Mexico. Cultivated occasionally for ornament. Has long, drooping, purplish spikelets.

BROMUS MACROSTACHYS L. Mediterranean brome

Annual. Mediterranean region. Yonkers, N. Y., on wool waste.

Occasionally cultivated for ornament in Texas.

BROMUS MOLLIFORMIS Lloyd

Europe. Southern California; Texas.

BROMUS MOLLIS L. soft chess

Annual. Europe. Scattered distribution; mostly Northeastern

States; west coast and Eocky Mountain region ; on abandoned farms

in the Central States and southern Great Plains region; a weed in

cultivated soils. A good seed producer ; will reproduce under abuse.

Useful as pasturage in early growth stages. This grass is considered

the best of the annual bromes and is one of the major species in the

annual forage foothill areas of California where it is especially

abundant. It is uncommon in the other two Pacific States. Deemed

a failure for reseeding arid rangeland in New Mexico. Seeds eaten

by birds.
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BROMUS OXYODON Schrenk

Asia. Grown at experiment stations.

BROMUS PSEUDODANTHONIAE Drobov.

Turkestan. Cultivated at experiment stations.

BROMUS RACEMOSUS L. bald brome

Also called smooth bromegrass. Annual. Europe. Common in

western United States. Makes good hay.

BROMUS RAMOSUS Huds.

Europe. Washington.

BROMUS SCOPARIUS L.

Europe. California, Virginia, and Michigan.

BROMUS SECALINUS L. chess

Annual. Europe. Throughout the United States in grainfields

and on abandoned farmlands. Usually considered a weed; useful as

forage where sufficiently abundant but yields vary widely from year

to year ; used locally and limitedly for hay in Washington and Oregon.

IFound as an impurity in meadow fescue {Festuca elatior) seed. Gave

poor results in reseeding trials in California. Seeds eaten by birds.

BROMUS SECALINUS var. VELUTINUS (Schrad.) Koch

Annual. Europe. Oregon.

BROMUS SQUARROSUS L.

Europe. Michigan and North Dakota ; waste places.

BROMUS STAMINEUS E. Desv. Harlan brome

Chile. Grown in California. Palatable and aggressive but shortlived. Good for reseeding burned brush areas in western California.

BROMUS TECTORUM L. cheatgrass

Also called downy chess, broncograss. Annual. Europe. Widely

distributed in the United States ; weedy, roadside annual in Eastern

States; covers extensive areas in the West. An indicator of overgrazing. Prolific seeder ; seed germinates rapidly with a high germination. A rapidly growing, short-lived grass that is very aggressive

under moist conditions and may deter establishment of perennial

species. Occurs in small amounts on native ranges in good condition.

In southern Idaho it can be crowded out by bulbous bluegrass {Poa

'bulbosa) and by crested wheatgrass {Agropyron cristatum) when

once established. Herbage production is high and it provides good

forage when young, but fluctuates widely in yield from year to year.

Awns, when mature, cause mechanical injury to stock; sometimes

considered valuable as an erosion check because of its quick cover.

A fire hazard when dry ; 500 times more likely to burn than perennial

grass range.

BROMUS TECTORUM var. GLABRATUS Spenner

Annual. Europe. Same ranges as species, less common. Same remarks apply as to the species.
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BROMUS TOMENTELLUS Boiss.

Greece, Asia Minor, Persia. Grown in nurseries and on trial plots

in the Pacific Northwest, and also in Utah and Colorado. A bunchgrass with a heavy growth of basal leaves that give good ground

cover. Matures seed early but leaves remain green most of the summer. Usefulness limited by decline in seed production after the first

season. Similar to smooth brome {B, inermis) in soil conservation

uses.

BROMUS TRINII Desv. Chilean chess

Also called Chilean brome. Annual. Chile. West coast of United

States; dry plains, rocky or wooded slopes.

BROMUS TRINII var. EXCELSUS Shear

Annual. Chile. Panamint Mountains, Calif., and Emory Canyon,

Ariz.

CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS (L.) Roth chee reedgrass

Eurasia. Introduced in 1914. Found along northeastern coast in

a few places. Very coarse ; strongly rhizomatous ; makes phenomenal

growth on damp sandy or gravelly areas where it may be a serious

weed. Not aggressive under dry conditions ; no seed produced. Good

for erosion control, especially of inland dunes, but inferior to Volga

wildrye {Elymus giganteus),

CENCHRUS BIFLORUS Roxb. India sandbur

(Cenchrus barbatus Schum.)

Annual. India, North Africa. Ballast in Alabama and New York ;

said to be successful in Florida and along the Gulf coast; spreads

naturally ; cultivated at Gainesville, Fla. A bunchgrass 1 to 3 feet

tall; propagated by bulblets ; burs not coarse ; eaten by cattle ; good

for grazing in sandy soil ; may prove useful in ranges of the Southeastern States. Two strains reported.

CHLORIS ARGENTINA (Hack.) Lilla & Parodi

Argentine chloris

Argentina. Tifton, Ga. ; roadsides, escaped from cultivation.

CHLORIS BERROI Arech, Uruguay chloris

Also called "giant fingergrass," a misnomer. South America. Introduced in 1931. Cultivated in grass gardens. In Florida does not

stand the summer months but brightens up in cool weather ; grows well

in Oklahoma and Texas. Gave poor results in reseeding trials in

California 1935-45.

CHLORIS GANTERAI Arech. Paraguay chloris

Paraguay. Bexar County, Tex. ; spontaneous along roadsides and

in uncultivated ground. Very poor growth at San Antonio, Tex.

CHLORIS CAPENSIS (Houtt.) ThelL —— ~

South Africa. Florida ; probably escaped from cultivation.

CHLORIS DISTICHOPHYLLA Lag. weeping chloris

Also called umbrellagrass. South America. Texas and southern

California; escaped from cultivation; grown at experiment station,
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 21

Gainesville, Fla. Palatable, but uprooted by grazing; seed production abundant but germination poor ; fairly cold-resistant. Reported

from Texas (1920) as not thrifty enough for pasture or hay.

CHLORIS GAYANA Kunth Rhodesgrass

Africa. Introduced in 1902. Cultivated and escaped in the extreme Southern States. A fine-stemmed, leafy grass about 3 feet

high ; requires good soil or fertilizer ; prefers moist soil but will grow

during drought; can be eradicated without difficulty. It is readily

eaten; recovers quickly from trampling; easily cured, giving green

hay; a good seed producer. Severe damage from Rhodesgrass scale

under poor growing conditions or when overgrazed. Winterkills at

16° to 25° F. A cold-resistant strain has been used for erosion control on clay and loam soils of medium to high fertility in central and

southern Texas. Furnishes high-quality hay and pasture in Florida

and southern Texas; large hay yields obtained in Oklahoma. Salttolerant; reported promising as a pasture crop on alkaline soils of

the lower valleys in Arizona. Rhodesgrass is also used in irrigated

pasture mixtures in southern California, particularly where soil conditions are too saline or alkaline for Dallisgrass {Paspalum

dilatatum). Reseeding trials in Madera County, Calif., gave poor

results.

CHLORIS INFLATA Lind. flatstem chloris

(C paraguaiensis Steud.)

Also called fingergrass, Mexican bluegrass. Throughout Tropics.

Introduced in 1916. Cultivated in grass gardens. Reported as much

lower-yielding and less winter hardy than Rhodesgrass (O, gayana)

in Mississippi.

CHLORIS PRIEURII Kunth Moroccan chloris

Annual. West Africa. Ballastin North Carolina and Alabama.

CHLORIS RABIATA (L.) Swartz annual chloris

Annual. Tropical America. Introduced in 1920. Ballast near

Portland, Oreg. ; cultivated in grass gardens; yield poor ; not winter

hardy.

CHLORIS SUBMUTICA H. B. K.

Mexico. New Mexico ; probably escaped from cultivation.

CHLORIS TRUNCATA R. Br. creeping windmillgrass

Also called stargrass. Australia. Occasionally cultivated as ornamental., The common name stargrass is better applied to the genus

Aletris and to Oynodon plectostachy urn,

CHLORIS VENTRICOSA R. Br. Australian windmillgrass

Australia. Occasionally cultivated in Virginia and Oklahoma.

CHRYSOPOGON MONTANUS Trin. —

India. Cultivated in Florida. Makes heavy growth on light soil;

appears early in spring; seed viability is very low.

COIX LACRYMA-JOBI L. Jobs-tears

Annual. Tropics everywhere. Cultivated for ornament and

escaped in extreme Southern States.
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COLEANTHUS SUBTILIS (Tratt.) Seidel mudgrass

Northern Eurasia. Washington and Oregon ; mud flats along lower

Columbia River.

CORIDOCHLOA CIMICINA (L.) Nees bugseedgrass

Annual. Southern Asia. Found sparingly in Florida.

CORTADERIA RUDIUSCULA Stapf quila pampasgrass

Argentina. Occasionally cultivated for ornament.

CORTADERIA SELLOANA (Schult.) Aschers. & Graebn.

pampasgrass

South America. Cultivated in Southern States and especially in

California where tested for erosion control and dry-land pasture.

Used as an ornamental in spacious parks or in large home yards.

CORYNEPHORUS CANESCENS (L.) Beauv. clubawngrass

Annual. Europe. Ballast at several points in Northeastern States.

CRYPSIS NILIACA Fig. & DeNot. pricklegrass

[Erroneously referred to C. aculeata (L.) Ait.]

Annual. Egypt and southwestern Asia. California; inundated

land.

CUTANDIA MEMPHITICA (Spreng.) Rieht. Memphisgrass

Annual. Mediterranean res^ion. San Bernardino Mountains,

Galif.

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS (DC.) Stapf lemongrass

Old World. Florida. Planted during World War II as a complementary oil crop in the Lake Okeechobee sugar-growing region.

CYNODON DACTYLON (L.) Pers. Bermudagrass

Also called Bahamagrass, wiregrass, devilgrass. Warm regions of

both hemispheres ; probably native to India. Introduced in America

1751 or earlier. Throughout Southern and Southwestern States and

occasionally northward. Not hardy in central and northern parts of

southern (^reat Plains. A long-lived perennial with a spreading

habit; does best on moist heavy soils in warm or hot weather ; salttolerant; killed by the first frost. The most important pasture grass

in the Southern States. To maintain productive pasture it should be

fertilized, grown with legumes, and shallowly plowed every 3 to 5

years.

In Texas it gives yearlong green forage when planted with rescuegrass {Bromus catharticus) ; sometimes grown for hay but should be

cut before it becomes wiry. Used also for airstrips, lawns, as a soil

binder, and for reseeding moist areas below 5,000 feet in the Southwest. Often propagated from stolons. Has been successfully established by sod plantings in saltgrass areas in New Mexico where, although useful, it has become a weed in irrigated, cultivated land.

Seeds eaten by birds.

CYNODON DACTYLON (L.) Pers. Coastal bermuda (selection)

A selection from a cross between Tift bermuda—a strain found

near Tifton, Ga.—^and an introduction from South Africa. In com-
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parison with common Bermudagrass it is leafier, has longer internodes, and larger stems, stolons, and rhizomes; leaves are longer,

lighter in color, and form a more acute angle with the stem ; more

tolerant to cold, makes more fall growth, and stays green longer.

Eeports from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas indicate it to be more

drought-resistant. Resistant to leaf spot and immune to root-knot

nematodes. Nearly seedless; propagated vegetatively; maintains a

weed-free sod longer. Cattle prefer it to the finer-stemmed common

types. Makes excellent hay. Once established can be expected to

give several cuttings each season for many years. It is claimed to

cure easier and quicker than any other hay crop adapted to the South.

CYNODON DACTYLON (L.) Pers. St. Luciegrass (selection)

Restricted to Florida. A small variety without rhizomes which

spreads by stolons; has little cold resistance.

CYNODON DACTYLON (L.) Pers. Suwanee bermuda (strain)

Also called Tifton No. 99. A hybrid developed at Tifton, Ga.

Differs from Coastal bermuda in darker green color, more erect

leaves, greater production of viable seed, lesser tendency to sod over.

Equal or superior for hay but inferior for grazing. Very well

adapted to light, sandy soils on which it is more productive than

Coastal bermuda, particularly if not fertilized.

CYNODON DACTYLON (L.) Pers. Tift bermuda (selection)

An increase by stolons of an unusual Bermudagrass plant found

growing in an old cotton field near Tifton, Ga. Characterized by

long, decumbent stems, few seedheads and an abundance of large

stolons and rhizomes. Found to be superior to common Bermudagrass

for both pasture and hay.

CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUM (Schum.) Pilger

giant dogtoothgrass

Also called stargrass, star bermudagrass, giant stargrass. Africa.

Cultivated in grass gardens. Very coarse and unpalatable ; susceptible to leaf spot; winterkilled in Georgia.

CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS Burtt-Davy

Transvaal dogtoothgrass

Also called African bermudagrass, fine-leaved bermudagrass.

South Africa. Cultivated in grass gardens and occasionally in lawns;

found as an escapee in Iowa and California. Used as a lawn grass at

the Central Great Plains Experiment Station, Okla. A very fineleaved grass that spreads rapidly and forms a dense sod.

CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS L. crested dogtail

Europe. Northern States; in waste places and cultivated in meadow

mixtures, often from imported seed. Does well in shady places; of

little value.

CYNOSURUS ECHINATUS L. hedgehog dogtail

Annual. Europe. West coast, Maryland, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
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DACTYLIS GLOMERATA L. orchardgrass

Also called cocksfoot. Eurasia. Introduced before 1760. Widely

distributed in the United States; most common in humid sections of

the East, especially Virginia and Kentucky. A coarse bunchgrass

that never forms a dense sod. Bunchy character can be minimized

by careful management and by seeding with a legume. It is persistent, drought-resistant when established, shade-tolerant, cold-resistant;

grows until frost. One of the most successful introduced grasses for

hay, silage, pasture, or erosion control.

Produces large quantities of forage with an abundance of basal

leaves on rich soils and is valuable also on poor soils where establishing

a cover is difficult. Reported as not well adapted on low-fertility or

eroded soils of the Northwest and as not enduring flooding or alkaline

conditions there. Palatable for sheep grazing in Oregon. The hay

is inferior to timothy because of its woodiness, butthis can be partially

mitigated by growing in thick stands. In mixture with Ladino or

red clover it gives large amounts of high-quality silage early in the

season and abundant green pasturage after cutting.

Has been successfully used for reseeding logged-over lands and

logging roads in Northwestern States and for irrigated pasture in

Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and New Mexico ; high forage yield as a coolseason grass in Texas. On rangelands it grows best under cool moist

conditions and becomes dormant during drought. Recommended for

reseeding the moister intermediate and high mountain areas of Oregon,

Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, western Montana,

Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico. Especially useful for seeding

in shade, such as under aspen and brush stands. Seeds eaten by birds.

There are more than 30 strains of this species of domestic and foreign

origins, one of which is here described.

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA L. Akaroa orchardgrass (strain)

Introduced from New Zealand. A shorter, leafier, finer-stemmed,

later-maturing strain ; lacks winter hardiness; usable only west of the

Cascades, Seed produced commercially in California.

DACTYLOCTENIUM AEGYPTIUM (L.) Beauv.

Durban crowfootgrass

Annual. Tropical regions of the Old World. Found mostly along

the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Sometimes cut for hay in the Southern

States. Seeds eaten by birds.

DANTHONIA PILOSA R. Br. hairy danthonia

Also called hairy oatgrass. Australia. Introduced 1911 ; reintroduced about 1921. Cultivated at experiment stations and escaped in

California. Has become a serious weed in Humboldt County, Calif.,

where it reduced the quality of forage. Might be useful as a ground

cover on depleted land. Forms a dense sod; spreads rapidly; competes well; mature foliage fibrous and unpalatable. Produces a low,

bunchy growth but lacks vigor and is not well-adapted in Texas and

Kansas.
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DANTHONIA PURPUREA (Thunb.) Beauv.

purple danthonia

Also called haaschare. South Africa. Cultivated in California.

Grows 1 to 2 inches tall; said to be xerophytic, frost-resistant, slowgrowing, and nutritious.

DANTHONIA SEMIANNULARIS (Labill.) R. Br.

Australian danthonia

Also called wallabygrass. Australia. Introduced in 1905 and

subsequently. Cultivated in grass gardens ; also escaped in California,

and found on rangelands there. Reported as very leafy and eaten

readily by stray cattle in Texas ; readily established and high-yielding

in Colorado ; a vigorous summer grower but subject to winterkilling in

Oklahoma.

DESMAZERIA SICULA (Jacq.) Dum. desmazeria

Annual. Europe. Cultivated for ornament as a bedding or border

plant.

DIGITARIA DECUMBENS Stent pangolagrass

South Africa. Introduced in 1936. Cultivated in Georgia, Florida,

and perhaps adapted to California. A rapid-growing, vigorous, leafy

perennial; grows in sandy soil but requires fertilization ; must be

propagated vegetatively. It is drought-resistant but not frost-resistant; attacked by Ehodesgrass scale. Liked by cattle; withstands

grazing ; gives high yield of hay that cures rapidly.

DIGITARIA DIDACTYLA Willd. blue fingergrass

Also called blue couchgrass. Australia. Cultivated in Florida.

Adapted to Southern States. A distinctly glaucous coloring gives

it a blue appearance, and hence its name. A sod grass suitable for

pasturage but regarded as inferior to Bermudagrass {Oynodon

dactylon) which it resembles. Makes a fine, dense turf in sand and

has been recommended for putting greens.

DIGITARIA ERIANTHA Steud. woolly fingergrass

Africa. Identity in question although reported from grass gardens

in Florida, California, and Arizona. Growth and palatability are

recorded as good in Florida ; does not withstand grazing. Rated as

poor in California reseeding trials.

DIGITARIA HORIZONTALIS Willd. Jamaica crabgrass

Tropical regions. On ballast in Alabama and in waste places in

central and southern parts of Florida.

DIGITARIA ISCHAEMUM (Schreb.) Muhl. smooth crabgrass

Eurasia. Eastern States; weed in lawns. Seeds eaten by animals

and birds.

DIGITARIA LONGIFLORA (Retz.) Pers. __

Asia. Southern Florida in ditches and on sandy ground.

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DIGITARIA PENTZII Stent Pentz fingergrass

Africa. Reported as planted to limited extent in Florida, southern

Georgia, and Louisiana. A strong growing perennial; must be

planted by cuttings. Palatable but does not withstand grazing over

long periods; poor recovery after frost. Unsatisfactory results in

reseeding trials in California.

DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS (L.) Scop. hairy crabgrass

Annual. Europe. Throughout the United States. More common

in Eastern and Southern States. A weed in cultivated ground and

lawns. Used for forage and hay in California. Provides food for

many birds and a few other animals.

DIGITARIA SWAZILANDENSIS Stent Swaziland fingergrass

South Africa. Cultivated at experiment stations in Georgia and

Florida. A fine-leaved, sod-forming grass; recovers well after frost

in Florida.

DIGITARIA VIOLASCENS Link violet crabgrass

Also called Dawsongrass. Tropics. Alabama, Georgia, Florida,

Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas ; open pineland.

ECHINOCHLOA COLONUM (L.) Link junglerice

Tropical regions. Ballast, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania,

Southern States. Grows in moist places. Leaves tender; provides

good fodder. Seeds eaten by birds.

ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI (L.) Beauv. barnyardgrass

Eastern Hemisphere. Throughout United States in moist, open

places; a troublesome weed in rice, cotton, and beanfields in California. Of considerable value as forage. Seeds eaten by birds.

ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI var. FRUMENTACEA (Roxb.)

Wight Japanese millet

India. Cooler regions of United States. A cultivated variety of

barnyardgrass. More cold-tolerant than foxtail millet {Setaria

itálica). Can be used for green feed, silage, or hay.

EHRHARTA CALYCINA J. E. Smith perennial veldtgrass

South Africa. Cultivated in central and coastal areas of California.

Palatable, drought-resistant, volunteers well; has been used in reseeding projects. Nonuniform ripening renders seed collection difficult;

not as long-lived as smilograss {Oryzopsis ndliacea),

EHRHARTA ERECTA Lam.

South Africa. Escaped and aggressive near Berkeley, Calif.

ELEUSINE CORACANA (L.) Gaertn. ragimillet

Also called African millet, Coracan millet, ginger millet, ragi.

Annual. Africa. A cultivated form of E, indica. Occasionally

grown in grass gardens and escapes. Reported from Florida as growing in large bunches 3i^ feet tall; lodges at seeding time; well liked

by cattle. Seed used for food among primitive peoples in Africa

and southern Asia.
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ELEUSINE INDICA (L.) Gaertn. goosegrass

Annual. Tropical regions. A common weed in the United States,

particularly in East. Especially troublesome in lawns.

ELEUSINE TRISTACHYA Lam. threespike goosegrass

Annual. Tropical Africa. Ballast at several places in United

States.

ELYMUS ANGUSTUS Trin. Altai wildrye

Russia. Cultivated. Resembles Chinese wildrye {E, chinensis) in

growth habits; weedy. Owing to aggressiveness it should be excluded

except in dry, eroded areas where other plants will not grow.

ELYMUS ARALENSIS Regel Aral wildrye

Russia. Cultivated. Resembles European dunegrass {E. arenarrms) but has shorter rhizomes, more erect leaves, and poorer seed

habits. May be useful for sand dune control.

ELYMUS ARENARIUS L. European dunegrass

Also called sea lymegrass. Europe. Cultivated in United States.

Similar to the native common dune wildrye {E, mollis). Coarse,

with bluish leaves; spreads by short rootstalks; a good seeder and

easily established. A promising grass for control of coastal sand

dunes although judged inferior to the beachgrasses {Ammo'phUa

spp.).

ELYMUS CAPUT-MEDUSAE L. medusahead wildrye

Annual. Europe. West coast of United States. A weed on California rangeland. Is crowding out cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)

and considered to be a serious pest in southern Idaho. Unpalatable

at all stages.

ELYMUS CHINENSIS (Trin.) Keng Chinese wildrye

[Agropyron pseudo-agropyron (Griseb.) Franch.]

Also called false wheatgrass. China. Cultivated in United States.

A vigorous, rhizomatous grass; very coarse; unpalatable; a poor

seeder. The rhizomes may attain a length of 12 feet. Possibly useful

in wind-eroded areas. Care must be exercised with this grass since it

is very aggressive and could easily become a noxious weed.

ELYMUS DAHURICUS Griseb. Dahurian wildrye

Also called Asiatic wildrye. Siberia. Cultivated at experiment

stations. Grows erect ; foliage basal ; ground cover good ; yields well ;

short-lived. Inferior to native Canada wildrye (E, canadensis) and

blue wildrye (E, glaucm) in the Northwest; poor results in reseeding

trials in California.

ELYMUS DASYSTACHYS Trin. thickspike wildrye

Russia.^ Cultivated at experiment stations. Tested for soil conservation in the Pacific Northwest; said to be adapted to inland dunes

but inferior to Volga wildrye {E, giganteus) for this purpose. Listed

as a promising grass for forage at Mandan, N. Dak,
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ELYMUS GIGANTEUS Vahl mammoth wildrye

Also called Siberian giant wildrye. Eussia. Occasionally cultivated for ornament. A rhizomatous, drought-resistant grass; too

coarse for forage. Especially useful for control of inland sand dunes ;

not adapted to coastal conditions.

ELYMUS GIGANTEUS Vahl Volga wildrye (strain)

Tall; coarse; creeping; unpalatable; long-lived on inland dunes.

It not only stills the sands but unlike other strains it continues to

grow and provide permanent cover on the dunes. Planted vegetatively ; gives 15:1 increase in the first year.

ELYMUS JUNCEUS Fisch. Russian wildrye

Asia. Introduced about 1927. Cultivated at Mandan, N. Dak.,

and other experiment stations. Best adapted to north and central

Great Plains area and Intermountain region. A widely variable,

long-lived bunchgrass with abundant basal leaves. Vigorous and

persistent when once established although the seedlings are weak and

develop slowly. Roots may penetrate as degp as 8 to 10 feet and draw

moisture for 4 to 5 feet horizontally. Drought-resistant; starts

growth early and matures seed early; growth continues until late

fall. Has been reported as a good grass to fill the gap between winter

feeding and summer grazing in Colorado. Can withstand grazing

if carefully managed to avoid injury.

It is not a dependable seed-producer, and this has retarded its more

extensive use. Drop in yield of seed and forage in old stands may be

due to lack of nitrogen. Seeds are difficult to collect because of lodging and shattering. Starts growth 3 days later and matures 20 days

earlier than Standard crested wheatgrass {Agropyron desertorum)

at Mandan, N". Dak. Reported in Montana to rival Standard crested

wheatgrass in drought resistance and to remain green longer, although

more difficult to establish ; except during June and July it is less palatable than Standard crested wheatgrass or smooth brome {Broirms

inermis), but its fall recovery and growth are better.

More useful for pasture than as hay, but produces good quality hay

if grown in rows ; most useful in mixtures ; promising for erosion control and for range reseeding at low to intermediate elevations in

southern Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming; less promising in foothills of northeastern Washington. Recommended for dry

salty land with a deep water table in Utah. Improved strains are

being selected at Mandan, N. Dak.

ELYMUS SABULOSUS Bieb. Russian dune wildrye

Russia, Europe. Cultivated and tested at experiment stations.

Reported as inferior to Volga wildrye (E. griganteus) in conservation

work on inland dunes in the Pacific Northwest.

ELYMUS SIBIRICUS L. Siberian wildrye

Russia. Cultivated. Adapted to northern Great Plains and Intermountain region. A rapid-developing, short-lived grass that grows

erect with long, lax, drooping heads. Grows in early spring and late

fall; forage and seed yields are excellent. Has been reported from
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the Northwest as inferior to native Canada wildrye {E, canadensis)

and blue wildrye {E. glauous) for conservation work; fair results in

seeding tests in the ponderosa pine areas in Colorado.

ERAGROSTIS AMABILIS (L.) Wight & Arn.

feather lovegrass

Annual. .Old World. Georgia, Florida, and Texas; cultivated as

bedding or border plant.

ERAGROSTIS BAHIENSIS Schrad. Bahia lovegrass

Brazil. Plordia, Alabama, and Louisiana in a few localities.

ERAGROSTIS BARRELIERI Daveau Mediterranean lovegrass

Annual. Southern Europe. Southeastern States in waste places.

ERAGROSTIS BRIZANTHA Nees Kimberly lovegrass

Africa. Tested at experiment stations. Produced good stands and

maintained itself in New Mexico; forage production very small; winterkills in Oklahoma.

ERAGROSTIS CHARIIS (Schult.) Hitchc. Thalia lovegrass

Southeastern Asia. St. Petersburg, Fla., along roadsides.

ERAGROSTIS CHLOROMELAS Steud. Boer lovegrass

Also called blue lovegrass. Africa. Introduced in 1932. Cultivated in the Southwest. A rapidly growing, long-lived, perennial

bunchgrass, similar to, but slightly smaller than weeping lovegrass

{E. ciirvula) ; more palatable and drought-resistant than the latter.

Starts stooling early; a continuous winter-grower in warm climates;

not cold-resistant. Has been suggested for reseeding semidesert areas

of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico where temperatures seldom go

below freezing.

ERAGROSTIS CILIANENSIS (AIL) Link stinkgrass

Annual. Old World. Widespread in the United States; a weed.

ERAGROSTIS CURVULA (Schrad.) Nees weeping lovegrass

South Africa. Introduced in 1927 and again in 1934. Spontaneous

in Florida, Texas, and Arizona; cultivated in the Southwest. A very

rapid grower that starts early in spring and attains a height of 2 to

5 feet; deep-rooted; spreads by stooling; reseed3 itself well. More

drought-resistant than Bermudagrass {CynodondactyZon) orbuifalograss {Buchloe dactyloides) ; remains green in midsummer. Digestive proteins 50 percent higher than native grama grasses {Bouteloua

spp.). Good forage when young; when kept grazed or mowed, the

succulent base of the plant is readily eaten in midwinter; liked by

horses. Used for winter pasturage on sandy land in Florida. Established rapidly in very poor soil in burned-over or eroded areas and

has been used for erosion control in the Southwest. Well adapted to

southern Great Plains although the less hardy strains are sometimes

winterkilled in northern part; more cold resistant than Boer lovegrass

{E. chloromelds). Replaced within a few years by native grasses

when sown with them^ although outstanding weed-competing ability

reported at Manhattan, Kans.
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Showed up well in extensive reseeding tests in California ; has been

suggested for reseeding work in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma

and also (together with native grasses) on semidesert grassland and

semidesert shrub types on mesas and foothills in Arizona (3,000 to

4,500 feet). Reported as a "special place" grass for contour furrows,

occasionally flooded sites, depressions on the range, and the like.

ERAGROSTIS CYPEROIDES (Thunb.) Beauv.

bristly lovegrass

South Africa. On ballast, Oregon.

ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA Nees Lehmann lovegrass

South Africa. Introduced in 1932. Tested at experiment stations.

Smaller, less cold-resistant, and with shallower root system than

either Boer lovegrass {E. chloromelas) or weeping lovegrass {E.

curvula) ; more alkali-tolerant than the latter. New plants are produced by rooting of the commonly prostrate stems; readily reseeds

itself. Requires a clean seedbed ; cannot compete with Bermudagrass

(Cynodon dactylon) or Johnsongrass {Sorghum halepense). Reported to be a good soil binder ; moisture is retained by the profuse,

layering growth. Has been suggested for seeding on semidesert

grasslands and semidesert shrub mesas and foothills (3,000 to 4,500

feet) in New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and southwestern Texas

where temperatures seldom go below freezing. Fair results in reseeding trials in California.

ERAGROSTIS MULTICAULIS Steud. peregrine lovegrass

{E. peregrina Wiegand)

Annual. Eurasia. Northeastern States and Oregon ; waste places.

ERAGROSTIS OBTUSA Munro flarescale lovegrass

South Africa. Cultivated in grass gardens. Died out in summer

in Florida ; stemmy, of poor quality, and winterkilled in Oklahoma ;

poor stand and low forage yield in New Mexico.

ERAGROSTIS PILOSA (L.) Beauv. India lovegrass

Annual. Europe. Maine to Colorado, south to Florida and Texas;

moist, open ground and waste places; a common weed in California

rice fields; found on pastures and abandoned farmland in the southern Great Plains.

ERAGROSTIS POAEOIDES Beauv. little lovegrass

Annual. Europe. Northeastern and Southern States; sparingly

introduced.

ERAGROSTIS STENOPHYLLA Höchst. slimflower lovegrass

India. Florida and Mississippi; probably escaped from grass

gardens.

ERAGROSTIS SUPERBA Peyr. Wilman lovegrass

Also called qovane lovegrass. South Africa. Experiment stations.

An erect, leafy perennial about 3 feet tall. Adapted to same areas as

Lehmann lovegrass {E. lehmanniana). In comparison with weeping

lovegrass {E, curvula) it begins growth later, competes less well with

weeds, and seed does not ripen as uniformly. More palatable than

either of these species but grows less in winter.
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ERAGROSTIS TEF (Zuccagni) Trotter teff

IE. abyssinica (Jacq.) Link]

Africa. An important cereal in Africa. Grown at experiment

stations in the Southwest; occasionally cultivated for ornament.

Produced good stands but did not reseed itself; reported as unpalatable.

ERAGROSTIS TENELLA (L.) Beauv. Japanese lovegrass

Annual. Asia. Cultivated for bedding or border plant.

ERAGROSTIS UNIOLOIDES (Retz.) Nees Chinese lovegrass

Southern Asia. Georgia and Florida; waste ground.

ERAGROSTIS VIRESCENS Presl Chilean lovegrass

Annual. Chile. Ballast in Florida.

EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES (Munro) Hack.

centipedegrass

Southeastern Asia. Introduced in 1919. South Carolina to

Florida and the Gulf States. Forms a dense, weed-free sod; grows

on poor, sandy soils ; requires very little fertilization; is shade-tolerant

and disease-resistant; turns brown with the first freeze. May be

propagated by cuttings. Reported as excellent for lawns in the Southeastern States ; may also be used as a fairway grass for golf courses in

loose, sandy soil or for putting greens if it is kept well rolled.

Unsuitable as a pasture grass; cattle often lose weight on pure stands.

It is said to equal Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) as a green cover

for water channels if kept long.

ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE (L.) Beauv. Ravennagrass

Europe. Cultivated for ornament and established along irrigation

ditches in Arizona. Said to be promising for erosion control.

ERIOCHLOA ARISTATA Vasey bearded cupgrass

Also called Mexican everlasting-grass. Annual. Mexico. Introduced in 1888. Arizona and California. Cultivated for hay only in

extreme Southern States; produces two good crops annually; best

crop obtained from second growth that is ready to cut in October.

Reseeds itself well.

ERIOCHLOA POLYSTACHYA H. B. K. Caribgrass

[Eriochloa suhglabra (Nash) Hitchc]

Also called malojillagrass. West Indies. Introduced in 1914.

Gulf Coast, from Florida to Texas. Prefers low, wet habitat; tolerates flooding; very rapidly established: will not withstand cold or

drought; good for forage and hay. Excellent results in southern

Mississippi and southern Florida where it is regarded as superior to

Paragrass {Panicwn purpn/rascens). Seeds eaten by birds.

ERIOCHLOA PROCERA (Retz.) Hubbard tropical cupgrass

Annual. Tropical Asia. Arizona.

ERIOCHLOA VILLOSA (Thunb.) Kunth hairy cupgrass

Annual. Asia. Ballast near Portland, Oreg. ; adventive in Colorado ; occasionally cultivated.
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EUCHLAENA MEXICANA Schrad. Mexican teosinte

Annual. Mexico. Cultivated in Southern States for forage.

Coarse; grows 6 to 12 feet high; does best on rich soil with ample

moisture and a long, hot season ; drought-resistant if deeply planted.

On medium and poor soils itis inferior to sorghum {Sorghwn vulgate)

or Napiergrass {Pennisëtum purpureurrh), Too unadaptable to be of

much importance. May be cut like corn ; gives four to five cuttings

a year ; seed matures only in the extreme South ; can be used as green

forage, silage, or fodder; the fodder, although good, is difficult to

cure.

EUCHLAENA PERENNIS Hitchc. perennial teosinte

Mexico. Tested at Angleton, Tex., and in Arizona; also found at

James Island, S. C.

FESTUCA AMETHYSTINA L. amethyst fescue

Europe. Sometimes cultivated for ornament.

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA Schreb. reed fescue

[F. elatior var. arundinacea (Schreb.) Wimm.]

Also called tall fescue. Europe. Sparingly spontaneous; widely

cultivated in Northern States and more recently in Southeastern States

and Texas. Came into prominence in 1890. More rust-resistant and

vigorous than meadow fescue {F, elatior). Adapted to semiwet conditions and survives prolonged winter flooding, but is also droughtresistant and aggressive ; altitudinal limit is high ; a long-lived species

in the West; has strong seedlings and gives a good ground cover;

growth commences early in spring and, with adequate moisture, continues until covered by snow.

Low palatability for sheep in Oregon and best grazed in summer

and fall. Best in mixtures; used for forage although less palatable

than smooth brome {Bromus inermis)^ orchardgrass {Dactylis

glomerata)^ or timothy {Phleurïi pratense). Has been successfully

employed for conservation in the Intermountain area and the Northwest on irrigated and wet alkaline land where the rainfall is 10 to 18

inches; good for seeding mountain ranges, with high forage yields

reported in Oregon and Utah.

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA Schreb. Alta fescue (strain)

Developed in 1923 by Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and

U. S. Department of Agriculture. Longer-lived, higher yielding, and

more resistant to drought and disease than meadow fescue {F, elatior).

Extremely tolerant of soil pH. Although coarse and tough, cattle

will graze it when it is young or in mixture. High forage yields in

Oregon where used also to reclaim saltgrass meadows; has shown up

well in extensive reseeding tests in California.

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA Schreb.

Alta 144 fescue (selection)

A selection from Alta fescue. Subject to winterkilling when young

but very hardy the second winter.
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FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA Schreb.

Kentucky 31 fescue (selection)

Also called Fescue 31. Discovered in Kentucky in 1931. Has a

wider soil and temperature adaptability than the typical form of the

species; considered by some to be identical with Alta fescue. Suited

to the mid-Southeastern States and Texas where it remains green all

year with occasional exception of midsummer months. Makes permanent pasture without reseeding; stand improves after first year;

did not tolerate close or late-season grazing in Texas; not regarded as

superior to ryegrass (LoUum spp.) in Georgia tests. Has been used

for erosion control in Kentucky and Tennessee.

FESTUCA CAPILLATA Lam. - hair fescue

Europe. Northeastern States; Minnesota and Oregon ; occasionally

cultivated. Blades more slender and longer than in sheep fescue (F,

ovina).

FESTUCA DERTONENSIS (All.) Aschers. & Graebn.

brome fescue

Annual. Europe. Pacific coast; rare in Eastern States. No demonstrated value.

FESTUCA ELATIOR L. meadow fescue

Eurasia. Found in Northern States and cultivated there. A

short-lived species that seems to be longer-lived in extreme northern

parts of the Midwest. Requires good soil ; not adapted to poor upland or sandy soils; nonpersistent in dry sites; fairly shade-tolerant;

grows well in moist bottom lands ; said to stand up well under a heavy

flow of water. Growth commences early in spring and continues

late; does not mature as early as timothy {Phleum pratense) but

persists longer ; can withstand considerable heat and dought; frostresistant; subject to rust in wet years; excellent seed habits; best in

mixture with timothy and clover.

Used both for pasture and hay. Not regarded as a hay plant in the

Pacific States and has never become important there, as it has not remained in the stands. Growth poor under aspen in Utah. Said to do

well on alkali-seepage land in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Colorado but

sometimes winterkilled there. Recommended for reseeding moist

mountain areas in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and New

Mexico. Reported as palatable for sheep in Oregon for summer and

fall grazing. Seeds eaten by birds.

FESTUCA GENICULATA (L.) Cav. Portuguese fescue

Portugal. Sometimes cultivated for ornament.

FESTUCA GIGANTEA (L.) ViU. giant fescue

• '^-;;i^^®-_^dventive at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.; cultivated and tested

m the Pacific Northwest for conservation use. Regarded by some as

an awned form of reed fescue {F. arundinacea) to which it is inferior

m seed production.

FESTUCA MAIREI St. Yves Maires fescue

Africa. Tested in New Mexico.

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FESTUCA MYUROS L. rattail fescue

Annual. Europe. Eastern States, Coastal Plain: Wisconsin,

Ohio, and Washington to southern California. No demonstrated

value.

FESTUCA OVINA L. sheep fescue

Some forms native. Eurasia. Northern half of the United States.

Only locally abundant; often plentiful at higher altitudes in the West

(7,000 to 11,000 feet). Usually found on dry, sandy, gravelly, or

rocky soils; unable to compete successfully in other areas; slow to

become established; cold-tolerant and drought-resistant. Becomes

green early in spring and is most palatable then ; relished by sheep ;

fairly resistantto trampling but dies out with excessive grazing. Useful in mixtures; good for range forage and, in mixture, for cultivated

pasture ; produces a durable turf on sandy soil.

Has been used successfully for conservation work in areas of low

rainfall in the Northwest where it has been planted in alternate rows

with wheatgrasses (Agropyron spp.) ; reported as suitable for bank

stabilization along lined irrigation canals and for road cuts and fills.

Has been suggested for reseeding intermediate high mountain ranges

in Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado, and New Mexico, and for reseeding in and near the national forests in Montana and on logging

roads in Oregon and Washington.

Several of the finer-stemmed, high-yielding strains are being increased. Birds eat the seeds.

FESTUCA OVINA var. DURIUSCULA (L.) Koch hard fescue

Europe. Northeastern States to Virginia and Iowa ; cultivated as

a pasture grass and for soil conservation in Northwestern States. An

understory grass with a heavy root production ; useful for improving

soil structure. Less drought-resistant with smoother, longer, and

tougher leaves than the typical form of the species; grows well on

poor, eroded soils. A good seeder ; requires shallow coverage. Relatively free from disease and easy to establish ; seedlings are strong and

grow rapidly. Used either alone or in mixture ; best with alfalfa on

eroded soils. Useful also for reseeding burned-over timberland and

over-grazed grassland areas in the ponderosa pine belt on the mountainous slopes of the Northwest.

FESTUCA OVINA var. GLAUCA (Lam.) Koch blue fescue

Europe. Cultivated for borders.

FESTUCA RIGESCENS (Presl) Kunth —

Peru. Arizona; known from a single specimen collected in Î887.

FESTUCA RUBRA L. red fescue

Also called creeping red fescue. Some forms are native. Europe.

Northern States and southward in the mountains in fairly moist,

cool regions. Found in old pastures, in Northern States but not liked

by cattle; moderately palatable for sheep in Oregon, best grazed in

fall; used successfully for soil conservation and range reseeding in

Pacific Northwest. Recommended for range seedings in the ponderosa

pine areas of Colorado. Has been used for terrace outlets, ditches,

road cuts, and fills ; slow to become established but produces good turf
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 35

and is suitable for shady lawns. Soil-tolerant; produces a large

amount of fine tough roots which are useful for erosion control on

steep slopes, waterways, burned-over forest land, and sand dunes.

The broad-leaved spreading type is the most satisfactory in conservation mixtures. There are several strains of this species, two of which

are here described.

FESTUCA RUBRA L. Clatsop red fescue (strain)

A selection of red fescue found on the coastal dunes of Oregon and

distinctive for its seedling vigor, long leaves, early spring recovery,

growth during the warm summer and cool winter months, and lesser

tendency to become sod-bound. Especially useful for permanent

cover on sand dunes after erosion has been halted; reduces the fire

hazard because it remains green all summer ; is benefited by fertilizer

application in the seedling stage.

FESTUCA RUBRA L. Illahee red fescue (strain)

Introduced from England in 1937. A turf variety that produces

less forage than other varieties, more uniform, with finer stems and

leaves; spreads slowly and is cold-tolerant.

FESTUCA RUBRA var. COMMUTATA Gaud. Chewings fescue

Europe. Occasionally cultivated. A form with more erect culms,

producing a firmer sod than the species. Has been suggested, in mixtures, for reseeding at intermediate elevations in the Intermountain

area, old logging trails, and dry sites in Northwestern States, and for

waterways where the soil is poor ; makes a good ground cover on steep

slopes and burned-over forest land. Low palatability for sheep in

Oregon.

FESTUCA RUBRA var. HETEROPHYLLA (Lam.) Mut.

shade fescue

Europe. Occasionally used for lawns in shady places.

FESTUCA RUBRA var. LANUGINOSA Mert. & Koch

hairyscale red fescue

Europe. Northwestern and Northeastern States. Lemmas

pubescent.

GASTRIDIUM VENTRICOSUM (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

nitgrass

Europe. Pacific coast; Boston, Mass. A common weed on the

Pacific coast. No economic value.

GYNERIUM SAGITTATUM (Aubl.) Beauv, uvagrass

Tropical America. Cultivated in greenhouses for ornament. Used

as a soil binder in tropical America.

HACKELOCHLOA GRANULARIS (L.) Kuntze pitscalegrass

Tropics of the world. Southern States. Furnishes some forage in

the Southwest.

HELEOCHLOA ALOPECUROIDES (Phil. & Mitterp.) Host

Europe. Ballast, Pennsylvania and Oregon.
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HELEOCHLOA SCHOENOIDES (L.) Host swamp-timothy

Europe. Northeastern States; California.

HELICTOTRICHON PUBESCENS (Huds.) Pilger

(Avena pubescens Huds.) hairy false-oat

Europe. Connecticut and Vermont; waste places.

HOLCUS LANATUS L. velvetgrass

Europe. Widely distributed in both eastern and western United

States. Owing to low palatability this grass is regarded as a weed on

the Pacific coast; difficulty of eradication has encouraged its use for

hay; gives two cuttings a year under favorable conditions but with

much shrinkage. Disliked by horses.

HOLCUS MOLLIS L. German velvetgrass

Europe. Washington to California; New York; ballast, Camden,

N.J.

HORDEUM BREVISUBULATUM (Trin.) Link

short-awned barley

Russia. Cultivated. Does well on wet sites; withstandstrampling ;

good seed yield. Undesirable because of weedy character and awned

spikelets.

HORDEUM BULBOSUM L. bulbous barley

Russia. Cultivated on the Pacific coast. Resembles cultivated rye

(Sécale céréale) ; tall, sometimes exceeding 6 feet; stemmy and coarse.

Grows well at low temperatures; very prolific spring development;

matures early; seeds heavily; seed awned, and hard to collect and

clean. Grown in almost pure clay soil ; easily established on eroded

and steep land; drought-resistant; forage yields are high during fall

and winter ; recommended for range reseeding at intermediate elevations in Nevada and Utah; reported as winterkilled in seeding experiments in a ponderosa pine area in Colorado.

HORDEUM HYSTRIX Roth. Mediterranean barley

(H. gussoneanum Pari.)

Europe. Scattered distribution in East and West; fields and waste

places.

HORDEUM LEPORINUM Link. hare barley

(Referred to H. murinum L. by U. S. authors)

Europe. Common on the Pacific coast; found in a few localities in

the East; fields and waste places. Reported as a troublesome weed

in alfalfa meadows in Arizona and California. Makes high-quality

pasture and hay if not allowed to mature before cutting; awns are

injurious to stock unless treated by chopping with a hay cutter and

then moistening for 12 to 24 hours. Seeds eaten by birds.

HORDEUM MARINUM Huds. seaside barley

Europe. Ballast at Camden, N. J.

HORDEUM STEBBINSII Covas Stebbins barley

Old World. Ballast, Alabama ; adventive, Oklahoma, Idaho, Washington, New Mexico to California. Closely similar to hare barley

{H. leporinvm).
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HORDEUM VULGÄRE L. barley

Annual. Old World. The commonly cultivated barley. Grain

used for food.

HYPARRHENIA HIRTA (L,) Stapf

Africa and South America. Cultivated at Florida Experiment

Station. Adapted to extreme south or southwestern United States.

Little forage value; promising for erosion control in southwestern

Texas.

HYPARRHENIA RUFA (Nées) Stapf jaragua

Old World tropics. Sparingly cultivated in Florida; escaped on

Gulf coast. Moderately good forage; will not withstand frost.

Reported as poor in reseeding trials in California.

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA (L.) Beauv. cogongrass

Old World. Ballast at Portland, Oreg.; introduced recently in

Florida and spreading in the west-central part. Grows 2 to 6 feet

high ; furnishes fairly good forage when young; because of the strong

creeping rhizomes it spreads into cultivated ground and is very difficult

to eradicate.

KOELERIA PHLEOIDES (VilL) Pers. annual koeleria

Annual. Europe. Sparingly introduced in Southern States and

Oregon. No economic value.

LAGURUS OVATUS L. harestail

Mediterranean region. Cultivated for ornament and sparingly

escaped, New Jersey, North Carolina, and California. Used in dried

bouquets.

LAMARCKIA AUREA (L.) Moench goldentop

Mediterranean region. Southwestern States, escaped in California. Sometimes cultivated for ornament; a pleasing grass for edgings. Shows promise as a valuable self-seeding ground cover in

southern California, It can be used alone for a winter ground cover

or as an understory to other grasses in soil conservation work.

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM Lam. Italian ryegrass

Europe. Widely cultivated and naturalized in more humid regions

of the United States. Prefers warm, moist growing conditions and

rich, well-drained soils. Moderately salt-tolerant. A hardy shortlived, usually annual, rapidly growing grass; 2 to 4 feet tall. Forms

a dense ground cover; crowds out weeds when mixed with clover. A

heavy seeder, with many volunteers unless kept closely mowed or

grazed. Less winter hardy than timothy (Phleum pratense) or orchardgrass {Dactylis glomerata), Tender and palatable; produces

a large amount of forage ; heavy pasturing keeps it in a succulent condition. Frequently grown in mixture Tfith a slow perennial.

In the South it is used for temporary winter pastures and in the

North as a nurse crop for permanent spring pastures or lawns.

Where moisture and fertility are not limited it makes excellent hay

and may be cut twice during the season; has been used for green

manure and for temporary poultry range. The commercial seed of

this species usually produces some plants, suspected to be hybrids^
38 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

which live into the second season. In the Northwest itis not regarded

as superior to common ryegrass in any way. Seeds eaten by birds.

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM X PERENNE common ryegrass

Also called domestic ryegrass, Oregon ryegrass, western ryegrass.

The domestically grown ryegrass, usually a genetic mixture of Italian

and perennial ryegrasses. Resembles Italian ryegrass (Z. wMltifiorurw) very closely although usually 2 to 3 feet shorter ; leafy, tender,

and very palatable. A heavy yielder which, when properly handled,

gives a high grade of hay ; often considerable pasturage is produced

after the hay crop is removed. Suitable for lawns and putting greens

in th^ Southern States. Ryegrass grown for seed production in the

Pacific Northwest is often seeded with winter oats.

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM var. RAMOSUM Guss. ^

Europe. Oregon; waif.

LOLIUM PERENNE L. perennial ryegrass

Europe. Widely cultivated and naturalized. Cultivated in meadows, pastures, and lawns. Prefers heavy soil in cool, moist regions

with mild winters ; unsuited to hot, dry weather or sandy soil. Valuable for forming a quick cover, but not popular in lawns because of

toughness of the stems and difficulty in mowing, especially during dry

weather. Seedlings are not as vigorous as common ryegrass (Z.

multiflorurrbX.perenne). Very palatable and nutritious; withstands

pasturing well; although short-lived it will produce a large amount

of forage for 1 to 3 years; on marshy lands where the soil is good it

may persist 5 to 7 years.

Hay good but inferior to timothy {Phlewn pratense). Has been

grown on well-drained saline soil in Utah and recommended for seeding saltgrass lands in Utah and Nevada. Used for soil conservation

in the Pacific Northwest. Attacked by blind seed disease. Grown in

western Washington and Oregon for seed.

LOLIUM PERENNE L. Pacey's ryegrass (small-seeded state)

A designation applied to the mechanically separated small seed of

Z. perenne. Has no demonstrated advantage in United States.

LOLIUM PERENNE L, P-312 ryegrass (selection)

A selection from Plant Introduction 107,071 which is cold-hardy

and disease-resistant; used in the Northwest for soil conservation.

LOLIUM PERENNE var. CRISTATUM Pers. crested ryegrass

Europe. Wilmington, Del., and Washington, D. C. ; ballast at

Salem and Eola, Oreg. Spike ovate, and spikelets crowded, horizontally spreading; value unknown.

LOLIUM PERSICUM Boiss. & Hohen, Persian ryegrass

(Lolium rigidum Gaudin)

Russia. North Dakota; probably introduced in wheat seed; becoming a weed.

LOLIUM REMOTUM Schrank hardy ryegrass

Annual. Russia. North Dakota; a weed in flax fields. Gave

erratic results in seeding tests in ponderosa pine area in Colorado.
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LOLIUM STRICTUM Presl Sicilian ryegrass

Annual. Europe. Ballast, Oregon; introduced in California and

Arizona. Resembles Z. subulatum but spikelets not sunken in the

rachis.

LOLIUM SUBULATUM Vis. Dalmatian ryegrass

Europe. Ballast and waste areas, Oregon and California. Good

results in seeding trials in California.

LOLIUM TEMULENTUM L. darnel ryegrass

Annual. Europe. Occasional throughout Eastern States and

rather common on the Pacific coast; grainfields and waste places.

The grain is known to contain, at least frequently, a poisonous narcotic alkaloid and some authorities contend that this is due to fungus

infestation.

LOLIUM TEMULENTUM van LEPTOCHAETON A. Br.

Europe. Washington to California ; occasional on the East coast,

Maine to Texas. Lemmas awnless.

MANISURIS ALTISSIMA (Poir.) Hitchc. African jointtail

"Warm temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres. Southern Texas; ponds and ditches.

MÉLICA ALTISSIMA L, Siberian melie

Eurasia. Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.

MÉLICA CILIATA L. silkyspike melic

Europe. Occasionally cultivated as an ornamental.

MELINIS MINUTIFLORA Beauv. molassesgrass

ííative of Africa but described from Brazil whence introduced into

United States in 1899. Southern Florida ; a volunteer at Chillicothe,

Tex. Can be grown only in frost-free localities. Highly nutritious,

although sticky and ill-smelling; late maturing; volunteers well.

Used for pasturage ; cattle dislike it at first but later appear to relish

it and thrive on it after becoming accustomed to the odor.

MIBORA MINIMA (L.) Desv.

Annual. Europe. Plymouth, Mass.

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM (Trin.) A. Camus

\Eulalia viminea (Trin.) Kuntze]

Annual. Tropical Asia. Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama ; roadsides.

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM var. IMBERBE (Nées) Honda

Annual. Asia. Berks County, Pa. An awned form.

MISCANTHUS NÉPALENSIS (Trin.) Hack.

Himalaya fairygrass

Also called Nepal silvergrass. India. Occasionally cultivated for

ornament.
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MISCANTHUS SACCHARIFLORUS (Maxim.) Hack.

Amur sîlvergrass

Asia. Clinton County, Iowa, escaped; sparingly cultivated.

MISCANTHUS SINENSIS Anderss. Chinese silvergrass

Also called eulalia. Eastern Asia. Cultivated for ornament and

growing wild. The following varieties are distinguished: var.

variegatus Beal, having white-striped blades ; var. zebrinus Beal, with

white-banded blades; var. gracUlimus Hitchc, possessing very narrow blades. It would be better if the common name eulalia were

restricted to the genus Eulalia Kunth.

MOLINIA CAERULEA (L.) Moench. moorgrass

Eurasia. Northeastern United States.

MONERMA CYLINDRICA (Willd.) Coss. & Dur. thintail

[Lepturus cylindricus (Willd.) Trin.]

Old World. Pacific coast ; salt marshes.

NARDUS STRICTA L. matgrass

Europe. New Hampshire, New York, Michigan ; sparingly found

in dry, open ground.

NASSELLA CHILENSIS (Trin. & Rupr.) E. Desv.

[iV. major (Trin. & Rupr.) E. Desv.]

Chile. Ballast, Portland, Greg.

NEYRAUDIA REYNAUDIANA (Kunth) Keng Burmareed

Southern Asia. Cultivated and escaped in Florida.

OPLISMENUS HIRTELLUS (L.) Beauv. basketgrass

Tropical America. Cameron County, Tex. ; shady places. Sometimes cultivated by florists as a basket plant and for edging under the

name ''Pamcwni vaHegatum.^'^ The blades are striped with white.

OPLISMENUS SETARIUS (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.

Tropical America. North Carolina to Florida, Arkansas, and

Texas; shady places along the coast.

ORYZA SATIVA L. rice

Old World. Adventive near the coast from Virginia to Florida

and Texas. Cultivated in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, California,

and Mississippi. An important food crop.

ORYZOPSIS COERULESCENS (Desf.) Hack, blue ricegrass

Europe. Grown at experiment stations. Reported as successful

both on heavy and on sandy soils. Of little value for pasture. Grew

well at Tucson, Ariz.; unsuccessful in New Mexico; inferior to

Bloomers ricegrass (Ö. hloomeH) for sand-binding in the Pacific

Northwest.

ORYZOPSIS MILIACEA (L.) Benth. & Hook. smilograss

Mediterranean region. California, introduced 1879; ballast, New

Jersey and Pennsylvania. A hardy, drought-resistant, long-lived,

perennial bunchgrass ; requires a firm seedbed with little competition ;
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 41

excellent seed production; volunteers well but establishes slowly.

Palatable; provides good forage in southern California where it is

persistent and remains green throughout the year; good results on

hurried brush areas in California ; grows well at Tucson, Ariz. ; winterkilled at Pullman, Wash.; inferior to Bloomers ricegrass ((9.

hloomeri) for sand-binding in Pacific Northwest; unsuccessful in

JSTew Mexico.

PANICUM ANTIDOTALE Retz. giant panicum

Also called blue panicum. India. Introduced in United States

from Australia in 1912. Escaped in Cochise County, Ariz. ; cultivated

at experiment stations; grown in Texas. A coarse, vigorous perennial,

5 to 9 feet tall, with a heavy basal growth of thick, short, bulbous

rhizomes; root system extensive; reproduction by tillering; seed production abundant. A heavy nitrogen feeder ; requires fertile soil and

good drainage.

Abundant moisture needed for germination"; seedlings establish

slowly and do not withstand competition; rapid growth commences

6 to 8 weeks after germination. When established, can recover from

extensive heat and.wind injury; needs frequent cultivation to prevent

sod-binding. Good for grazing after shoots begin to grow rapidly ;

high protein content; very palatable if not too mature ; provides earlier

grazing than available annuals ; production best under rotational grazing. Madrid sweet clover or a dry-land alfalfa have been suggested

as suitable companion legumes.

Recommended for planting in washes and arroyos on flood plains

and desilting areas and for stream-bank protection. Is being effectively used as a windbreak in the drier parts of the Rio Grande Valley,

Tex. Adapted to warm areas, both dry and moist, but not promising

in Southeastern States, possibly owing to low competitive ability in

seedling stage; winterkills north of 35° latitude; inferior to Sudangrass {Sorghum sudanense) as a summer annual; a selected strain

withstood below-zero cold at Woodward, Okla. ^5

PANICUM BERGII Arech. Berg panicum

South America. Ballast in Alabama and southeastern Texas.

PANICUM COLORATUM L.

Africa. Tested at Tucson, Ariz., Woodward, Okla., and extensively

at San Antonio, Tex. Prefers heavy soil; fairly leafy; makes good

summer growth ; winterkills in Oklahoma.

PANICUM MAXIMUM Jacq. guineagrass

Africa. Florida, Texas, California. A tall, vigorous, moderately

coarse bunchgrass spreading slowly from creeping rootstocks.

Requires a subtropical climate. Does best on heavy, rich soil; where

well adapted it spreads rapidly and reseeds itself. Used for fodder

and for pasturage when young; too coarse for forage when mature.

May be cut once a month during growing season in Florida. Seed not

commercially available.

PANICUM MILIACEUM L. proso

Also called broomcorn millet, hog millet. Asia. Important in

Dakotas as early as 1875 ; cultivated from southern Canada to central

Great Planis, especially in eastern Colorado; also escaped in waste
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ground. A good, short-season, high-yielding grain crop ; the hay is

coarse and the forage yields low. Matures 2 weeks earlier than foxtail millet {Setaria itálica) but gives smaller yields. The ground

grain is readily eaten by livestock; used extensively in poultry feed

and birdseed mixtures.

PANICUM PILCOMAYENSE Hack.

Paraguay. Matagorda County, Tex.

PANICUM PURPURASCENS Raddi Paragrass

Africa and tropical America. Florida, Texas, Gulf coast region.

Found on damp, heavy soils; not injuried by overflows. Killed by

temperatures below 18° F.; grows 4 to 5 feet high; propagated vegetatively. Can be used for pasture, hay, or as a soiling crop ; provides

good grazing and withstands trampling ; quality and yield of hay is

high; should be cut before it becomes woody. Sod-binding can be

prevented by plowing under every few years in early summer.

PANICUM RAMOSUM L. browntop millet

Annual. Tropical Asia. Southeastern States.; a minor forage

crop in north central Georgia. A rapid-growing annual which gives

good-quality hay or forage ; growth limited to fertile soils with adequate moisture ; not aggressive ; season of growth is short and yields

are moderate; disease-resistant. Sudangrass {Sorghum sudanense)

usually preferred for fall grazing. Seeds abundantly and is cultivated for bird food.

PANICUM REPENS L. torpedograss

Tropical and subtropical coasts of both hemispheres. Florida to

Texas, along the coast ; collected at Mobile, Ala., as early as 1876. A

good sand binder; thrives on coarse sands and in wet mucky areas;

does not tolerate dense shade; may become a serious weed when allowed to become established in farm and grove land ; can be used as

a pasture grass although indiscriminate planting is not advisable.

Productive and nutritious but inferior to pangolagrass {Digitaria

decumbens) and other grasses except in certain unfavorable habitats,

as on copper-deficient soils. Tends to become sod-bound and can be

stimulated by heavy disking ; fertilization required to maintain productive stand. Leaves easily killed by frost but dried grass has considerable feed value and may be used for winter pasturage or hay.

Seeds eaten by birds.

PARAPHOLIS INCURVA (L.) C. E. Hubb. sicklegrass

IPholiurus incurvus (L.) Schinz & ThelL]

Europe. New Jersey to Virginia; California; Portland, Oreg.;

mud flats and salt marshes along the coast.

PASPALUM DILATATUM Poir, Dallisgrass

South America. Introduced about 1875. New Jersey to Tennessee

and Florida, west to Texas and California. A tufted, deep-rooted

grass that forms a loose sod under heavy grazing. Can be propagated

vegetatively ; seed germination poor ; slow to establish but stands gradually improve. Palatable and highly nutritious ; excellent forage in

mixture with white clover which should not be seeded in until grass

is established. Withstands continued grazing only when well estab-
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 43

lished. Close grazing or mowing is recommended to stimulate

growth, avoid toughness, and prevent maturing of the ergot-infested

seeds which are injurious to cattle. Thrives on heavy soils and is

especially valuable on wet lands unsuitable for Bermudagrass ( Gynodon dactylon) ; easily eradicated. Rated as fair for reseeding in

California. Breeding program in Louisiana to overcome principal

disadvantages of low purity, low germination, and ergot-infection of

seed imported from Australia has resulted in the following improved

strains.

PASPALUM DILATATUM Poir.

Dallisgrass (Strains B-230 and 430)

Developed at Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Produce better seed (although not ergot-free) and yield more forage.

Emerge in 1 to 2 weeks when sown in prepared seedbed; may be

grazed 6 weeks after planting; regular mowing recommended.

Seed commercially available.

PASPALUM INTERMEDIUM Munro

South America. Tifton, Ga. ; escaped along roadsides.

PASPALUM MALACOPHYLLUM Trin. ribbed paspalum

South America. Cultivated in Carolinas and Florida ; not common.

Eequires careful management to maintain stand; more erect and

finer-stemmed than Dallisgrass {P. dilatatvm) ; seed loses vitality

quickly.

PASPALUM NICORAE Parodi

Uruguay. Cultivated; Georgia and Florida.

PASPALUM NOTATUM Flügge Bahiagrass

Tropical America. Introduced sparingly in New Jersey; North

Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas ; cultivated in Florida and

the Gulf coast area. Not winter-hardy farther north. A leafy pasture grass with deep and extensive root system and short stolons;

keeps out weeds once a sod is formed ; grows well in sandy soils ; produces abundant seed when properly managed. Capable of making

a firm turf on loose sand.

PASPALUM NOTATUM var. SAURAE Parodi

Pensacola Bahiagrass ]

Paraguay Bahiagrass [ strains

Wilmington Bahiagrass j

Paraguay and Argentina. North Carolina, Florida, and Texas.

Pensacola strain is taller and more winter-hardy than the species^

with narrower leaves; produces abundant seed of good quality but

shatters badly; lower fertilizer requirement than Dallisgrass (P.

dilatatvm). Shows promise of becoming important for forage and

erosion control in the Southern States.

Paraguay strain is coarse and tough ; as compared with the Pensacola strain, the leaves are shorter and more hairy and the seed stalks

are taller. Inferior to zoysias {Zoysia spp.) or Bermudagrass {Oynodon dactylon) as a lawn grass. Has done well in Texas.

Wilmington strain similar to Paraguay strain but has exceptional

resistance to lower temperatures.
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PASPALUM RACEMOSUM Lam. Peruvian paspalum

Peru. Cultivated for ornament.

PASPALUM ROJASII Hack.

Brazil. Grown at Gainesville, Fla. A good forage grass in Brazil.

PASPALUM SCROBICULATUM L. India paspalum

Asia. Ballast, Camden, N. J., Abilene, Tex.

PASPALUM URVILLEI Steud. Vaseygrass

Argentina. North Carolina to Florida and Texas ; southern California. Introduced accidentally near New Orleans before 1882.

Seldom planted but utilized where found growing. Similar to Dallisgrass (P. dilatatuTn) but taller and less leafy at the base and more

salt-tolerant. Can grow in wet land but will withstand severe

drought; prefers heavy soils but grows also on moist, sandy land ; can

be used for pasture and hay in the South where it may continue

growth throughout winter to provide late pasturage. Does not withstand continuous heavy grazing; hay rated as excellent. Seed not

commercially available owing to excessive shattering and lack of

suitable harvesting machinery; most of seed now planted is handstripped. It is unfortunate that the name Vaseygrass—insignificant

for this species—was not applied to the grass genus Vaseyochloa^

where it would be highly appropriate.

PENNISETUM ALOPECUROIDES (L.) Spreng.

Chinese pennisetum

China. Sparingly cultivated for ornament; escaped in Berks

County, Pa.

PENNISETUM CILIARE (L.) Link. buffelgrass

South Africa. Grown in grass gardens in Southern States and

now being extensively tested from Arizona to Florida, north to Oklahoma. Readily established; roots grow as much as an inch a day;

Jiigh protein content. Provides a large amount of palatable forage

on relatively poor soils but must be fertilized and managed properly to

maintain highest production. Not adapted where winter temperatures

are as low as minus 3 to 5"^ F. Seeding commences 60 days after emergence and continues profusely until frost; seeds are fuzzy and difficult

to harvest. Good results in test on light, sandy, arid, nonproductive,

blow-sand land in southern Texas. Adequate commercial seed supplies available.

PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM Höchst. kikuyugrass

Africa. Introduced in middle 1920's in southern California ; Arizona, Florida, and Texas; a weed in avocado and orange groves in

San Diego County, Calif., where it was introduced to prevent soil

erosion but has become a serious competitor to the trees. A lowgrowing species, with both underground and surface runners;

spreads rapidly; drought-resistant; winterkills more quickly than

Bermudagrass {Cynodon diwtylon). Said to produce an abundance

of palataole green feed. Propagated vegetatively ; seed has been

reported from Orange County, Calif., but is not produced in other

localities. Attacked by leaf-spot disease in Florida and deemed un-
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 45

suited to the warm, damp climate there after many unsuccessful

trials. Used for lawns and soil-erosion test plantings in southern

California.

PENNISETUM COMPLANATUM (Nees) HemsL

Southern Mexico to Panama. Tested in Florida where it was found

to be very palatable but also very bunchy, slow to spread, and susceptible to frost injury.

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. Br. pearl millet

Annual. Eastern Hemisphere. Cultivated in Southern States; can

be grown as far north as Maryland. Used in the South for grazing

and silage ; capable of producing very large amounts of green fodder ;

highly nutritive and palatable while leaves are tender; may be grazed

throughout growing season. Requires fertile soil; moderately

drought-resistant; exceptionally free of disease.

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. Br. Sanyo millet (hort. var.)

Nigeria, Africa. Cultivated in South. Is considerably more leafy

than pearl millet and has a longer grazing season ; yields are lower.

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. Bn Starr millet (strain)

Recently released in Georgia. Resembles Sanyo millet in leanness ;

has possible advantage in somewhat earlier seed maturity.

PENNISETUM LATIFOLIUM Spreng. Uruguay pennisetum

South America. Occasionally cultivated for ornament.

PENNISETUM NERVOSUM (Nees) Trin.

bentspike pennisetum

South America. Southern Texas, along the Rio Grande.

PENNISETUM PURPUREUM Schumach. Napiergrass

Also called elephantgrass. Africa. Introduced in 1913. Florida,

Gulf States, and irrigated areas of New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California. Can be grown as far north as Charleston, S. C., under

favorable conditions of soil and moisture. Has been grown successfully in Arizona where it is deemed inferior to sorghum varieties.

Grows 6 to 12 feet tall; prefers moist, fertile soil but is fairly successful on poor land and will withstand considerable drought; propagated readily from seed, root divisions, or cuttings of mature canes;

expensive to establish. Old stands should be renewed to maintain

productivity; successful grazing calls for rotational management.

Used for soiling, grazing, and silage; relished by cattle despite its

coarseness ; contains a relatively high percentage of protein ; unexcelled in quantity of green feed produced ; cuttings can be made every

3 to 4 weeks duringthe growing season until the plant becomes woody

and unpalatable. Production during the last 15 years has been greatly

increased by development of disease-resistant strains which are distributed from the Georgia and Florida Agricultural Experiment

Stations.

PENNISETUM SETACEUM (Forsk.) Chiov. fountaingrass

(P. ruppelii Steud.)

Africa. Cultivated for ornament.
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PENNISETUM VILLOSUM R. Bn feathertop

Africa. Cultivated for ornament ; Michigan, Texas, and California ; sparingly escaped in dry ground.

PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA L. reed canarygrass

Some forms native. Europe. Eeported from Oregon about 1885.

Northern half of United States in moist places; also cultivated in

same area. A tall, coarse grass that spreads by rhizomes and tends to

become sod-bound ; does not lodge ; prefers moist, cool regions but is

not sensitive to heat or cold; especially suited to swampy or overflowed lands although successful on high, well-drained, good soils

where there is ample moisture for spring and early summer growth;

only moderately tolerant to alkaline soils. Matures from the top of

the spike downward; seed shatters promptly upon ripening and is,

therefore, relatively difficult to harvest, and scarce ; some produced in

Oregon.

Used for pasturage on wet lands, silage, hay, and erosion control

along waterways; outstandingly successful in control of gullies.

Commences growth early in the spring and will withstand pasturing

if not grazed too closely ; the hay is not very palatable and should be

cut before heading. For waterway control it should be used only

where there is a deep, well-defined channel; not suited to shallow

waterways because it tends to collect silt and change the channel.

Eegarded as useful for range reseeding on moist sites, usually on

mountain lands, of Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho. The

10 strains now being tested show a height variation of 16 inches and

a 15-day range in maturity date; some strains make remarkable

growth in dry areas. A nonshattering strain has been released by

the Bureau of Plant Industry at Corvallis, Oreg.

PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA var. PICTA L. ribbongrass

Eurasia. Grown for ornament.

PHALARIS BRACHYSTACHYS Link shortspike canarygrass

Annual. Mediterranean region. Asherton, Tex.; Butte County,

Calif. ; ballast, near Portland, Oreg. A weed in rice fields in California.

PHALARIS CANARIENSIS L. canarygrass

Annual. Western Mediterranean region. Maine to Washington,

south to Virginia and California; infrequent; waste places. An

annual with upright growth and little stooling; can be seeded and

harvested like wheat; sown in the spring in Northern States and in

the fall in the South. Makes excellent hay; cultivated mostly for

birdseed.

PHALARIS MINOR Retz. littleseed canarygrass

Annual. Mediterranean region. Maine to New Jersey, rare;

Texas, Louisiana, Colorado; ballast at Portland, Oreg., and common

in California in fields and waste places.

PHALARIS PARADOXA L, hood canarygrass

Annual. Mediterranean region. Arizona and California, a weed

in grain and rice fields; waste places ; ballast in a few localities. Seed

eaten by wild birds.
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PHALARIS PARADOXA var. PRAE- cutscale canarygrass

MORSA (Lam.) Coss- & Dur.

Annual. Mediterranean region. Ballast at Philadelphia, Pa.;

Washington to California ; fields and waste places.

PHALARIS TUBEROSA var. STENOPTERA (Hack.) Hitchc.

Hardinggrass

South Africa; introduced from Australia. Spontaneous in Humboldt County, Calif. Cultivated in Oregon, North Carolina, Texas,

California, and elsewhere. A pasture grass usable alone or in mixtures; withstands heavy grazing and recovers rapidly after cutting.

Makes excellent first year growth in Northern States but is slowly

established on dry land in South. When established can withstand

drought and temperature extremes in Texas but winterkills in North.

Reported of value in conservation reseeding experiments in California. Best suited to heavy soils although it produces well on sandy

soils under irrigation; fertilization and cultivation are required on

dry range. Seed shatters less badly than that of reed canarygrass

(P. arundinacea).

PHLEUM ARENARIUM L. sand timothy

Annual. Coast of Europe and North Africa. Ballast near Portland, Oreg.

PHLEUM PANICULATUM Huds. British timothy

Annual. Mediterranean region. Ballast near Portland, Oreg.

PHLEUM PHLEOIDES (L.) Karst. dryland timothy

{P. boehmeri Wibel)

Europe. Grown in grass gardens. Tested in Pacific Northwest.

A long-lived, tufted bunchgrass with long, branched heads and abundant basal leaves that provide good ground cover; height about 2 feet

and very uniform ; matures very early. Can be used in conservation

work in arid, exposed areas if moisture is available for establishment.

Forage yield is only moderate but exceeds ordinary timothy on dry

sites.

PHLEUM PRATENSE L. timothy

Eurasia. Introduced before 1747. Occurs throughout the United

States. Cultivated throughout Northern States. A bunchgrass

which prefers clay, loams, or heavy soils; alkaline tolerance poor;

long-lived in cool, humid regions to which it is well adapted ; coldand shade-tolerant; requires ample moisture in growing season ; grows

rapidly from seed and becomes established before competition becomes

severe; best sown in the fall. Leafy and highly palatable to all

classes of stock ; except with ample moisture or on very rich soils does

not withstand close grazing and tends to die out; provides excellent

pasturage while slower growing turf grasses are becoming established.

Spreads rapidly by seed. The most important hay grass in the United

States; commonly and advantageously grown with clovers; more

nutritious when cut in early flowering.

Has been used in mixtures for reseeding in the West; recommended

for range reseeding on the moister mountain areas of Utah, Idaho,

Nevada, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and New Mexico.
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Suggested for logging roads in the Northwest. Grows well under

partially open stands of aspen brush and timber. Has given excellent

results in mountain-park type of land in the West. Most timothy

grown in the United States is the unimproved type although numerous

strains varying in height, time of flowering, and persistence have

been developed.

PHLEUM SUBULATUM (Savi) Aschers. & Graebn.

Italian timothy

Annual. Mediterannean region. Ballast, Philadelphia, Pa., and

near Portland, Oreg.

PHYLLOSTACHYS AUREOSULCATUS McClure

(P. nevinii Hance) Nevin bambea

China. Cultivated as an ornamental. A relatively hardy bamboo;

growing as far north as Washington, D. C. {Phyllostachys is a masculine noun but is treated as feminine in most of the literature.)

PHYLLOSTACHYS AUREUS A. & C. Riv. golden bambea

China. Cultivated. A bamboo with shortened basal internodes;

excellent for fishing poles.

PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES Sieb. & Zuce.

Japanese timber bamboo

Also called giant timber bamboo. Japan and China. Grown at

Barbour-Lathrop Plant Introduction Garden and at Bakersfield,

Calif. Used for paneling, poles, fences, shade houses, etc.

PHYLLOSTACHYS MEYERI McClure Meyer bambea

China. Introduced in early 1900's; cultivated. Similar to golden

bamboo {P. (mreus), but without the shortened internodes.

POA ANNÜA L. annual bluegrass

Annual. Europe. Throughout United States. Winter hardy in

the Southern States; a weed in lawns further north.

POA BULBOSA L. bulbous bluegrass

Europe. Maryland to North Carolina and Missouri, westward to

to Pacific coast, south to Oklahoma and California. A short-lived

grass that prefers moderately fertile soils in a temperate climate with

a cool, moist growing season ; grows during spring and fall ; produces

bulblets ("seeds") that germinate quickly and develop rapidly. This

grass holds a unique place in soil conservation because it can be established by broadcasting the bulblets on lands too steep or too rough

to cultivate. "Seed" should be covered shallowly or not at all ; furnishes a good ground cover when planted alone or with longer-lived

grasses ; particularly valuable in mixtures for providing an understory

ground cover that controls erosion, retards the volunteering of cheat-^

grass {Bromus tectorvm), and improves the character of the land.

This grass finds its best use in the foothill area of southwestern

Idaho and parts of Oregon where it crowds out cheatgrass, Eussianthistle {Salsola hali var. tenuifolia)^ and other annuals. Used for

early spring and late fall grazing on lower foothill ranges in the West
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 49

and Northwest; highly palatable and nutritious; forage yields medium to low. Has been used in the foothill zone in Utah; has been

suggested for trial in California, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico

in areas where moisture is not limiting.

POA COMPRESSA L. Canada bluegrass

Europe. Found in most States ; more common in the northern half

of the United States, particularly the northeastern part. Adapted to

open, rather poor, dry soils where it forms a strong turf; a good seedproducer; seed easily harvested. Useful as a pasture grass; nutritious but will not withstand close and continuous grazing. Shrinks

very little on drying and furnishes good hay but seldom used for this

purpose because of its low height. Can be used for lawns and golf

links in situations too dry for Kentucky bluegrass {P, pratensis).

In the Southwestern States it can be grown in mountain meadows

about 7,000 feet where there is sufficient moisture. Found difficult to

establish and not always persistent on foothills and lower mountain

slopes in Montana.

POA NEMORALIS L. wood bluegrass

Europe. Scattered distribution in United States, mostly northeastern ; occasional in meadows. Requires shade, moisture, and a cool

climate. Not considered useful except for shady parks or lawns in

northern or middle States.

POA PRATENSIS L. Kentucky bluegrass

Europe. Introduced by early settlers. Widely distributed in

United States, except for arid regions. A hardy, long-lived perennial, spreading by rhizomes and making a dense sod on rich, moist

soil; produces abundant seed; under optimal conditions it grows 3

feet tall and has outstanding ability to withstand abuse ; often volunteers ; never abundant on poor soil; not drought-resistant; grows early

in spring and late in fall; dormant during hot, dry summer and turns

brown when moisture is deficient; best sown in fall or early spring;

becomes established slowly and does not form sod until second or third

year.

Highly palatable and nutritious; relished by all classes of stock;

has been called the most important introduced pasture grass; less

satisfactory for hay ; commonly cultivated for golf courses and famous

for the beautiful lawns it makes. Because of its excellent sod-forming ability it has proved good for grass waterways on rich soil. Has

been suggested, in mixture, for range reseeding moist mountain areas

in Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and in or near the national

forests in Montana. Wot shade-tolerant on rangelands; not adapted

to Georgia Coastal Plain. Seeds eaten by birds.

There is a moderate degree of variation in this species; desirable

selections produce greater amounts of forage in early spring, after

cutting, and during fall months and are slow spreading with a bunch

tendency.

POA SUBFASTIGATA Trin. -

Siberia. Cultivated at experiment stations. Tested in California

for reseeding with poor results.
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POA TRIVIALIS L. rough bluegrass

Europe. Northern States; ballast in Louisiana; probably introduced in mixed seed. Has a distinctive bright green color; prefers

cool, moist soils in shady places; not adapted to sandy soil ; becomes

dormant in midsummer south of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,

etc. Occurs in Washington and Oregon in meadows and pastures.

Makes beautiful lawns; excellent for shady lawns in Northern States,

but use is limited.

POGONARTHRIA FALCATA (Hack.) Rendle

Africa. Grown at State College, N. Mex. Gave fair to good results in reseeding trials. Foliage harsh and stiff when mature.

POLYPOGON AUSTRALIS Brongn. Chilean polypogon

(P. crinitus Trin.)

Chile and Argentina. Introduced in Washington.

POLYPOGON INTERRUPTUS H. B. K. ditch polypogon

[P. lutosus (Poir.) Hitchc]

Europe. Western States in low, wet places.

POLYPOGON MARITIMUS Willd. Mediterranean polypogon

Annual. Mediterranean region. Georgia, Nebraska, and central

California.

POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS (L.) Desf. rabbitfoot-grass

Annual. Europe. Most common in Western States; infrequent

in East; a common weed at low altitudes ; one of the species encountered on abandoned farmland in central Great Plains and southern

Great Plains. Seeds eaten by birds.

PSEUDOSASA JAPÓNICA (Sieb. & Zuce.) Makino

(Arundinaria japónica Sieb. & Zuce.) arrow bamboo

Japan. Cultivated from Florida to New York City and corresponding climates westward; the commonest of the hardy bamboos

in cultivation.

PUCCINELLIA DISTANS (L.) Par!. weeping alkaligrass

Eurasia. Mostly Northern States on moist, more or less alkaline

soil.

RHYNCELYTRUM ROSEUM (Nees) Stapf & Hubb.

(Tricholaena rosea Nees) Natalgrass

South Africa. Introduced before 1866. Florida, Texas, and

Arizona ; also cultivated in Florida and along the Gulf Coast. Well

adapted to poor, dry, sandy soils ; especially valuable as pasture, hay,

or cover crop on such soils in extreme Southeast, where few other

grasses succeed. Yields two to four cuttings of highly nutritious hay

in Florida ; considerable shrinkage on drying. Contradictory reports

on palatability as pasturage. Not frost-resistant; free from

nematodes. Sometimes used as an ornamental.

ROTTBOELLIA EXALTATA L. f. itchgrass

Also called guineafowl-grass. Annual. Tropical Asia. Miami,

Fla.
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SACCHARUM BARBERI Jeswiet Barber sweetcane

Northern India. Grown at experiment stations.

SACCHARUM BENGALENSE Retz. munj

(S. ciliare Anderss.)

India. Cultivated for ornament.

SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. sugarcane

Asia. Cultivated for sugar and sirup in Louisiana and Florida;

also used for forage ; the leaves sometimes used for fodder.

SACCHARUM SINENSE Roxb. Chinese sweetcane

China. Cultivated for sirup.

SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM L. wild sweetcane

Asia. Grown at experiment stations.

SACCIOLEPIS INDICA (L.) Chase India cupscale

India. Introduced at Thomasville, Ga., in pecan orchard.

SCHISMUS ARABICUS Nees

Europe. Nevada, California, and southern Arizona. An excellent

winter forage grass in Arizona.

SCHISMUS BARBATUS (L.) Chase Mediterranean-grass

Annual. Europe. Utah to California and southern Arizona;

yards, roadsides, and dry river beds. Where locally dominant it makes

an excellent winter forage grass. Winter moisture inadequate for

growth in New Mexico.

SCLEROCHLOA DURA (L.) Beauv. hardgrass

Annual. Southern Europe. Western States, New York, Texas.

SCLEROCHLOA RÍGIDA (L.) Griseb. ^ .

Annual. Europe. Sparingly and scatteringly introduced in waste

places. No demonstrated value.

SCOLOCHLOA FESTUCACEA (Willd.) Link rivergrass

IFluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc]

Northern Europe. Iowa, Nebraska, and Oregon.

SÉCALE CEREALE L. rye

Annual. Old World. Cultivated throughout United States;

escaped in fields and waste places. Adapted to cool climates and

regions of cold winters; hardier than wheat. Responds to good soils

but will produce a good crop on poor soils ; best on loams and sandy

loams; will grow on foothills and mountain ranges; best adapted to

dry farming sites; highly nutritious; grows rapidly ; makes good fall

and spring pasture; will furnish forage while perennial grasses are

becoming established. Used in Southern States as a winter forage

plant. Useful for early spring feed in the West. In New Mexico it

is used either as a nurse crop or to produce mulch material for the

following year. Seeds eaten by birds.
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SÉCALE MONTANUM Guss. mountain rye

Mountains of southwestern Asia. A short-lived perennial cultivated and persisting along roadsides near Washington Agricultural

Experiment Station at Pullman, Wash. Tested by the Soil Conservation Service in the Pacific Northwest and said to compare favorably

with bulbous barley {Hordeum iulbosvm)» The seed is very difficult

to harvest because of the disarticulating rachis. This grass has many

desirable qualities, but the extremely bad seed habit makes cultivation

almost impossible. Useful for range reseeding at intermediate elevations in the Intermountain region, the ponderosa pine area in

Colorado, and foothill and valley areas in southern Idaho.

SEMIARUNDINARIA FASTUOSA (Mitford) Makino

Narihira cane

Japan. Introduced around 1900. One of the most widely distributed and hardy of the introduced bamboos. Used as an ornamental.

SETARIA BARBATA (Lam.) Kunth East Indies bristlegrass

Annual. East Indies. Ballast in Florida.

SETARIA CARNEI Hitchc. Carne bristlegrass

Annual. Western Australia. Fresno County, Calif.; a rapidly

spreading weed.

SETARIA FABERI Herrm. Faber bristlegrass

China. New York to Nebraska and Missouri, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee ; spreading rapidly and becoming a weed.

SETARIA ITÁLICA (L.) Beauv. foxtail millet

Annual. Eurasia. Introduced in 1849 or earlier. Cultivated

throughout Great Plains; escaped throughout United States. Thrives

in any region with high summer temperatures and moderate rainfall;

has a shallow root system and a short growing season, 60 to 65 days ;

forms dense growth which suppresses weeds. Used as hay, pasture,

and green fodder, although less extensively than formerly ; largely displaced in southern Great Plains and central Great Plains by Sudangrass {Sorghum sudanense) which is superior in quality and yield;

useful as a quick "catch crop" to supply extra feed when pastures fail

or the hay crop is short; said to decrease the yield of a following

crop; grain less palatable and nutritious than proso (Panicum miliacevm) ; seed deteriorates rapidly; used for birdseed but is injurious

to horses. Among the most common strains are German, Hungarian,

Siberian, Common, Kursk, and Dakota.

SETARIA LUTESCENS (Weigel) F. T. Hubb.

yellow bristlegrass

Annual. Europe. Widely distributed in United States ; a common

weed on pastures and abandoned farmland in central Great Plains

and southern Great Plains. Valuable food for wildlife.

SETARIA NIGRIROSTRIS (Nees) Dur. & Schinz.

black bristlegrass

South Africa. Ballast near Portland, Oreg.
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SETARIA PALMIFOLIA (Willd.) Stapf palmgrass

India. Cultivated for ornament, sometimes under the name

SETARIA POIRETIANA (Schult) Kunth Poiret bristlegrass

Tropical America. Cultivated for ornament, sometimes under the

name ''Panicwn sulcatumP

SETARIA RARIFLORA Mikan Brazil bristlegrass

South America. Mobile, Ala.

SETARIA SETOSA (Swartz) Beauv. West Indies bristlegrass

West Indies. Ballast at Camden, N. J., and Key West, Fla.

SETARIA VERTICILLATA (L.) Beauv. hooked bristlegrass

Also called bur bristlegrass. Annual. Europe. Massachusetts to

North Dakota, south to Alabama, Louisiana, and Missouri, occasionally west to southern California; cultivated soil and waste places.

Seeds eaten by birds.

SETARIA VERTICILLATA var, AMBIGUA (Guss.) Pari.

Sicilian hooked bristlegrass

Annual. Europe. Sparingly introduced in the United States;

ballast and waste places.

SETARIA VIRIDIS (L.) Beauv. green bristlegrass

Annual. Europe. Found in all cooler parts of United States; a

weed in cultivated soil ; valuable as bird food.

SINOCALAMUS OLDHAMI (Munro) McClure

{''Dendrocalamus latiflorus'* of California gardens)

Formosa. A bamboo frequently cultivated as an ornamental in

California and warmer parts of the Gulf States.

SORGHUM HALEPENSE (L.) Pers. Johnsongrass

Mediterranean region. Massachusetts to Iowa and Kansas, south

to Florida and Texas. Introduced about 1830 in South Carolina.

Prefers rich land where it volunteers well; nonpersistent on poor

soils. Because of its aggressive character and heavy, extensive rhizomes this plant is often regarded as a pest in or near agricultural

lands and eradication measures are frequently needed. This is usually accomplished by grazing it heavily and continuously (exhausting

the rhizomes) or by frequent cutting and shallow plowing followed

by several harrowings preferably in dry, hot weather. It is sometimes cultivated for hay and pasturage south of latitude 38° or as a

summer crop in the North. Cultivation every other year improves its

forage yield and ability to withstand drought. Two to four cuttings

of good quality hay can be obtained annually; the hay is very moist

and must be thoroughly cured.

Tolerates only light grazing and becomes unproductive under close

and continued pasturing; should be cut before seed matures to avoid

establishment as a weed. Used in mixture with a legume or following one. It has been reported as furnishing much forage on New
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Mexico ranges and as a check against erosion but has become a seriously troublesome weed in the irrigated valleys of southern New

Mexico.

SORGHUM SUDANENSE (Piper) Stapf Sudangrass

ISorghum vulgäre var. Sudanese (Piper) Hitchc]

Annual. Africa. Introduced in 1909. Cultivated mostly in the

Southern and Central States and California; not grown in extreme

Southeastern States because attacked by disease there; can be grown

as far north as Michigan and the Dakotas in summertime; severely

injured or killed by light frost. Very soil-tolerant but gives poor

yields on alkaline soils; thrives in irrigated valleys and on welldrained, fertile uplands below 5,000 to 6,000 feet; fairly droughtresistant; grows rapidly from late seedings ; requires dry, warm

weather. Resembles Johnsongrass (S. halepense) in general appearance but is an annual, without rootstocks, and does not become a

troublesome weed. Is one of the plants best suited to the Dust Bowl,

germinates quickly, makes rapid growth, and assists soil-stabilization.

Best used as a "catch crop" for pasture, hay, or silage ; yields several cuttings a season ; has largely replaced the millets for this use

because it roots more firmly, gives a longer pasture period, and is

more palatable; the hay is of good quality but hard to cure. Should

not be fed to animals after severe drought or frost because it may

cause prussic acid poisoning, especially in cattle. Used also to check

wind erosion; the stubble is widely used as a seedbed for perennial

grasses where soil blowing is severe. Seeds eaten by birds.

SORGHUM SUDANENSE (Piper) Stapf Sudan 23 (strain)

A slightly later heading and more uniform strain developed at the

California Experiment Station in 1936 by selection from common

Sudangrass. Gives higher yields than common or Sweet Sudan,

especially during late summer and autumn. Recovers quickly after

grazing.

SORGHUM SUDANENSE (Piper) Stapf

Sweet Sudan (selection)

A recent selection developed at the Texas Agricultural Experiment

Station by crossing Sudangrass with Leoti Red (a sweet sorghum)

followed by a backcross to Sudan. Has a sweet juicy stalk and low

prussic acid content. The reddish-tan color of the abundantly produced seeds readily distinguishes them from Sudangrass and Johnsongrass (JS. halepense). Sweet Sudan is preferred by cattle but has the

disadvantage of slow development both in the seedling stage and after

cutting ; yields no greater than Sudangrass. More resistant to foliage

diseases in humid areas.

SORGHUM SUDANENSE (Piper) Stapf Tift Sudan (strain)

A variation of Sweet Sudan, developed at the Georgia Coastal Plain

Experiment Station, which lacks the sweet, juicy stem characteristics.

Advantageous primarily because of blight resistance; stems coarser

and possibly less palatable than Sweet Sudan.

SORGHUM VIRGATUM (Hack.) Stapf Tunisgrass

Annual. Africa. Cultivated at experiment stations. Inferior to

Sudangrass (ß. sudanense) and therefore not used commercially.
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SORGHUM VULGÄRE Pers, sorghum

Annual. Warmer regions of the Old World. Cultivated principally in the Southern States and, to some extent, farther northward

as a summer crop. Grown for seed, sweet juice, forage (midsummer

grazing), and silage. Sorghum silage has largely replaced corn silage

m Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and Oklahoma. Numerous varieties,

including broomcorn, durra, feterita, kaoliang, kafir, shallu, and

sorgo.

SORGHUM VULGÄRE var. DRUMMONDII (Nees) Hack.

chickencorn

AnnuaL Africa. Mississippi and Louisiana, naturalized but apparently dying out here ; Illinois, Alabama, California, rare.

SPOROBOLUS INDICUS (L.) R. Br. West Indies smutgrass

Tropical America. Florida ; ballast in Alabama.

SPOROBOLUS POIRETII (Roem. & Schult.) Hitchc.

rattail smutgrass

Tropical Asia. Southeastern States; ballast in New Jersey and

Oregon. Poor pasturage. Seeds provide bird food.

STIPA BRACHYCHAETA Godr. Araucanian needlegrass

Argentina. Ballast near Portland, Oreg.

STIPA ELEGANTISSIMA Labill. Australian feathergrass

Australia. Sometimes cultivated for ornament.

STIPA NEESIANA Trin. & Rupr. Uruguay needlegrass

South America. Ballast at Mobile, Ala.

STIPA PAPPOSA Nees

Uruguay. Tested in California for range reseeding with fair

results.

STIPA PENNATA L. European feathergrass

Europe. Cultivated for ornament.

STIPA SIBIRICA (L.) Lam. Siberian needlegrass

Russia. Grown at experiment stations. Regarded as promising

for forage at Mandan, N. Dak.

STIPA SPLENDENS Trin. cheegrass

Russian, Siberia. Cultivated in Northwestern States and California. Larger and later maturing than any of the native species.

Recommended for abandoned lands with sandy soil ; gave poor results

in reseeding trials in California.

STIPA TENACISSIMA L. esparto

Mediterranean region. Cultivated for ornament. Used for papermaking and cordage in its native lands.

THEMEDA QUADRIVALVIS (L.) Kuntze kangaroo-grass

Annual. East Indies. Found near Opelousas, La., on bottom land.
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THYSANOLAENA MAXIMA (Roxb.) Kuntze tigergrass

East Indies. Southern Florida and southern California; also

grown in grass gardens and cultivated as an ornamental.

TRAGUS BERTERONIANUS Schult. spike burgrass

Warmer parts of the Old World. Texas to Arizona; ballast at

Boston, Mass.

TRAGUS RACEMOSUS (L.) All. stalked burgrass

Old World. Ballast along the Atlantic coast; found also in Texas

and Arizona.

TRISETUM AUREUM (Ten.) Ten. golden trisetum

Annual. Europe. Ballast at Camden, N. J.

TRISETUM FLAVESCENS (L.) Beauv. yellow trisetum

Europe. Scattered distribution; good soil along roadsides or on

grassy mountain slopes; highly valued in Europe; not used in this

country except in mixtures.

TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. wheat

(T, vulgäre Vill. and T. sativum Lam.)

Annual. Old World. Cultivated widely in Northern States.

Grown on more acreage than any other world crop and can be successfully produced through the world except in the tropics.

VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES (L.) Nash vétiver

Also called khuskhus. Old World. Several small plantings in

Florida, Louisiana, and southern California; escaped in Louisiana.

Grown for the vétiver oil that is used in making perfume ; plants used

also for making screens and mats.

ZEA MAYS L. corn

Also called Indian corn, maize. Annual. Mexico or Peru.

Widely cultivated, especially in the Central States. Its principal use

in this country is as stock feed and it has been called "the backbone

of American agriculture."

ZOYSIA JAPÓNICA Steud. Korean lawngrass

Also called Japanese lawngrass. Asia. Cultivated in Southern

States; has been grown as far north as Boston. Most winter-hardy

of the zoysias ; seed not presently commercially available ; established

vegetatively ; once established it is very hardy and persistent; tough,

harsh, and unpalatable. Used for lawn and turf ; forms a more open

sod than Z. matrella and can be grown in mixtures.

ZOYSIA MATRELLA (L.) Merr. Manilagrass

(Z. pungens Willd.)

Also called Japanese carpetgrass, zoysiagrass. Asia. Cultivated

from the Gulf States to Long Island. The most important and widely

used of the zoysias. A short, dark green, fine-leaved grass that produces a sod so dense that even crabgrass {Digitaria sç^,) cannot compete; grows in sun or shade; fairly salt-tolerant but prefers heavy
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 57

soils; needs fertilization to maintain a good turf. Grows slowly,

requiring 2 years to produce satisfactory cover; needs little mowing;

remains green throughout summer heat but turns brown with first

heavy frost. Propagated by cuttings as seed is not yet commercially

available. Used as lawn grass in deep South.

ZOYSIA TENUIFOLIA Willd. mascarenegrass

Also called Korean velvetgrass. Asia. Florida and California.

A shallow-rooted, fine-leaved grass seldom exceeding 2 inches in

height.

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(27) ANONYMOUS.

1941. GRASS. N. Dak. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 300, 21-31, illus.

(28) BARNES, O. K., LANG, R. L., AND BEETLE, A. A.

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(29) RICHARDS, D. E., AND HAWK, V. B.

1945. PALATABILITY FOR SHEEP AND YIELD OF HAY AND PASTURE GRASSES

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(30) SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS AGRICULTRAL COUNCIL, REVEGETATION AND

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1945. REVIEW OF THE REVEGETATION WORK IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS.

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Agropyron desertorum (desert wheatgrass; standard crested wheatgrass)

(31) ALLRED, B. W.

1948. SOUTHWESTERN RANGE PLANTS—CRESTED WHEATGRASS. Sheep &

Goat Raiser 28 (8) : 20-22, illus.

(32) BENTLEY, J. R.

1946. FORAGE SPECIES TESTED FOR MORE EXTENSIVE RESEEDING TRIALS ON

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Bul. 89: 1-51, illus.
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 59

(34) BRIDGES, J. O.

1942. BESEEDING PRACTICES FOB NEW MEXICO RANGES. N. MeX. Agr. Expt.

Sta. Bui. 291, 48 pp.

(35) OHISHOLM, F. A.

1950. NEW AND IMPROVED CULTIVATED GRASSES. Cow Country 78 (6) I

16, 18.

(36) COOK, 0. W., AND STODDART, L. A.

1947. SEEDING RANGES TO GRASS. Farm & Homo Sci. 8 (4) : 10-12.

(37) DORAN, CLYDE W.

1951. GUIDE FOR RESEEDING SUMMER RANGELANDS ON COLORADO'S WESTERN

SLOPE. U. S. Forest Serv. Rocky Mtn. Forest and Range Bxpt

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(38) FLORY, EVAN L., AND MARSHALL, CHARLES G.

1942. REGRASSING FOR SOIL PROTECTION IN THE SOUTHWEST. U. S. DEPT.

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(39) FORSLING, 0. L,, AND DAYTON, W. A.

1931. ARTIFICIAL RESEEDING ON WESTERN MOUNTAIN RANGE LANDS. U. S.

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(40) FREDERICKSON, K.

1950. BACK TO GRASS ON THE SANDHILLS FRINGE. Nebr, Farmer 92 (19) :

8,48.

(41) FRIEDRICH, C, ALLAN.

1947. A GUIDE FOR RANGE RESEEDING ON AND NEAR THE NATIONAL FORESTS

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1928. REVEGETATION OF WASTE RANGE LAND. Colo. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul.

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(43) HULL, A. C, JR.

1944. REGRASSING SOUTHERN IDAHO RANGE LANDS. IdahO Agr. Col. Bxt.

Bul. 146, 7 pp.

(44)

1949. BANGS RESEEDING IN WYOMING. Wyo. Bxpt. Sta. Range Mangt.

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(45) j^^jy PEARSE, C. KENNETH.

1943. HOW TO RESEED SOUTHERN IDAHO RANGE LANDS. U. S. FoTOSt SCTV.

Intermtn. Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Res. Paper 2, 22 pp., illus.

[Processed.]

(46) HuRD, RICHARD M., AND PEARSE, G. KENNETH.

1943. INCREASED FORAGE FROM SALTGRASS LANDS. Utah Farmer 62 (21) :

6, 14.

(47) AND PETERSON, RAY O.

1949. OUTLINE GUIDE FOR RESEEDING RANGES IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. IdahO

Ext. Serv. 7 pp. [Processed.]

(48) KREIZINGER, E. J.

1947. PASTURE PLANTS FOR SPECIAL USAGE. Wcst. Dairy Jour. 3 (38) : 8-9.

(49) LAVIN, FRED.

1948. HELPFUL HINTS FOR RANGE RESEEDING IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. ARIZ.

Stockman 14 (6) : 8, 22, 23, 37.

(50) MAGISTAD, O. C, AND CHRISTIANSEN, J. E.

1944. SALINE SOILS, THEIR NATURE AND MANAGEMENT. U. S. Dept. Agr.

Cir. 707, 32 pp., illus.

(51) NELSON, E. W., AND SHEPHERD, W. O.

1940. RESTORING COLORADO'S RANGE AND ABANDONED CROPLANDS. Colo. Agr.

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(52) ORCUTT, E. P.

1944. GRAZING CRESTED WHEATGRASS. Mont. Agr. Col. Ext. Cir. 153, 8 pp.

(53) PARKER, K. W., AND MCGINNIES, W. G.

1940. RESEEDING SOUTHWESTERN RANGES. U. S. Forcst Scrv. Southwest.

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(54) PEARSE, C. K.

1947. REGRASSING THE RANGE. Ü. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1943/47:

897-904.

(55) PiCKFORD, G. D., AND JACKSON, E. R.

1944. RESEEDING EASTERN OREGON SUMMER RANGES. Orcg. State Col. Agr.

Expt. Sta. Cir. 159, 48 pp., illus.
60 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(56) PIPER, C. V.

1944. CULTIVATED GRASSES OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. U. S. Dept. Agr.

Farmers' Bui. 1433, 37 pp., illus.

(57) PLUMMER, A. P., HURD, R. M., AND PEARSE, G. K.

1943. HOW TO RESEED UTAH RANGE LANDS. U. S. Forest Serv. Intermtn.

Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Res. Paper 1,22 pp., illus. [Processed.]

(58) PRICE, RAYMOND.

1938. ARTIFICIAL RESEEDING ON OAK-BRUSH RANGE IN CENTRAL UTAH. U. S.

Dept. Agr. Cir. 458, 19 pp., illus.

(59) PARKER, KENNETH W., AND HULL, A. C, JR.

1948. IMPROVEMENT THROUGH RESEEDING. Ü. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1948 :

564-568, 806-807.

(60) ROBERTSON, J. H., AND PEARSE, 0. K.

1943. HOW TO RESEED NEVADA RANGE LANDS. U. S. Forcst Serv. Intermtn.

Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Paper 3, 21 pp., illus.

(61) RuMMELL, ROBERT S.

1946. SOME EFFECTS OF COMPETITION FROM CHEATGRASS BROME ON CRESTED

WHEATGRASS AND BLUESTEM WHEATGRASS. Ecology 27 (2) : 159-

167.

(62) SAVAGE, D. A.

1939. GRASS CULTURE AND RANGE IMPROVEMENT IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS. U. S. Dcpt. Agr. Cir. 491, 55 pp.

(63) AND SMITH, JAMES E.

1944. REGRASSING METHODS FOR THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS. U. S. South.

Great Plains Field Sta. Woodward, Okla. 16 pp. [Processed.]

(64) SEMPLE, A. T., VINALL, H. M., AND ENLOW, 0. R.

1946. A PASTURE HANDBOOK. U. S. Dcpt. Agr. Misc. Pub. 194, 88 pp., illus.

(65) STEWART, GEORGE. XT^ V. * r^ i

1951. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RANGE RESEEDING IN UTAH. Utan Agr. L/Ol.

Ext. Bui. 212, 11 pp., illus.

(66) AND HULL, A. C, JR.

1949. CHEATGRASS (BROMUS TECTORUM L.)—AN ECOLOGICAL INTRUDER IN

SOUTHERN IDAHO. Ecology 30 (1) t 58-74, illus.

(67) WHITMAN, WARREN, CHRISTEN SEN, F. W., AND HELGESON, E. A.

1943. PASTURE GRASSES AND PASTURE MIXTURES FOR EASTERN NORTH

DAKOTA. N. Dak. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 327, 24 pp.

See also 5, 7-11,13,15, 16,18-23, and 25-30.

Agropyron desertorum var.? A. michnoi?

(rhizomatous crested wheatgrass). See 44.

A. divaricatum (Turkish wheatgrass). See 8.

A. elongatum (tall wheatgrass)

(68) BECK, V. S.

1951 TALL WHEATGRASS (AGROPYRON) ; UTAH FINDS A PROMISING NEW CROP

FOR ALKALI SOILS. Wcst. Livcstock Jour. 29 (7) : 44, 79-80.

(69) COOK, C. W., AND STODDART, L. A.

1948 ARTIFICIAL SEEDING OF RANGES BEING STUDIED AT UTAH STATE. StOCkman's Rev. 2 (9) : 13-14.

(70) ENLOW, C. R., AND MUSGRAVE, G. W.

1938 GRASS AND OTHER THICK-GROWING VEGETATION IN EROSION CONTROL.

U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1938: 615-633.

(71) HAFENRiceTER, A. L., AND STOESZ, A. D.

1948. NATIVE AND ADVENTIVE GRASSES THAT HAVE BEEN DOMESTICATED AND

IMPROVED FOR CONSERVATION USES. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook

1948: 753-758. ^ ^

(72) HULL, A. C, JR., DORAN, CLYDE W., WASSER, C. H., AND HERVEY, D. F.

1950. RESEEDING SAGEBRUSH LANDS OF WESTERN COLORADO. ColO. Agr. Ext.

Serv. Bui. 413-A, 23 pp.

(73) JOHNSON, W. M. ^^^ ^. .^ ^_

1951. WHICH GRASS IS BEST? Amer. Cattle Prod. 32 (11) : 11-13, 26.

(74) MANN, DAVID H.

1950. TALL WHEATGRASS (AGROPYRON ELONGATUM) GROWING IT ON IRRIGATED

LAND. Utah Farmer 69 (14) : 5, 20, 21.

1951. ALKALINE SOIL WILL GROW PERENNIAL GRASS. Utah Farmer 71:

121, 136.
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 61

(76) REYNOLDS, H. G., LAVIN, F., AND SPRINGFIELD, H. W.

1949. PRELIMINARY GUIDE FOR RANGE RESEEDING IN ARIZONA AND NEW

MEXICO. U. S. Forest Serv. Southwest. Forest and Range Expt.

Sta. Res. Rpt. 7, 12 pp. [Processed.]

(77) STODDART, L. A., AND COOK, C. W.

1950. WHAT SPECIES OF GRASS FOR RANGE SEEDING? Farm & Home Sci.

(Utah Sta.) 11: 72-73.

(78) WILSON, J.

1950. GRASS MAGIC ON THE GREAT PLAINS ; COLORADO FARMERS FIND THAT

PLANTING BLOW-SAND TO GRASS IS NEITHER WASTEFUL NOR EXPENSIVE—^IT PAYS ! Ford Farming 3(2): 6-8.

(79) WOLFE, L. G.

1949. TALL WHEATGRASS COMES TO THE PLATTE VALLEY. Seed World

65 (11) : 8-9.

See also 6, 8-11, 15, 18, 28, 29, 35-37, 44, 45, 47, 49, 57, 59, 60, 65.

Agropyron intermedium (intermediate wheatgrass)

(80) CORNELIUS, DONALD R.

1951. RELATIVE RATING OF FORAGE SPECIES FOR RESEEDING FOREST RANGES IN

NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. U. S. Forest Serv. Calif. Forest &

Range Expt. Sta. Forest Res. Note 76, 4 pp. [Processed.]

(81) FOSTER, R. L.

1948. AIDS FOR PLAINS PASTURES. Capper's Farmer 59 (6) : 12.

(82) HAGEN, C. D.

1950. INTERMEDIATE WHEATGRASS (AGROPYRON) BATTLES THE DROUGHT—

AND WINDS. West. Livestock Jour. 35 (7) : 87, 95.

(83) HAMILTON, LOUIS P., AND WOOTON, W. M.

1950. GRASS SEED PRODUCTION. Ariz. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 228, 40 pp., illus.

(84) HEIN, M. A.

1947. GRASSES FOR HAY AND PASTURE. U. S. Dept. AgT. Yearbook 1943/47 :

417-426.

(85) HOLT, E. C, AND POTTS, R. C.

1949. YIELD AND ADAPTABILITY OF SOME COOL SEASON GRASSES AT THE

BRAZOS RIVER FIELD LABORATORY, 1948-49. TeX. Agr. Expt. Sta.

Prog. Rpt. 1205, 3 pp.

(86) SEVERSON, HAROLD.

1945. NEW LAWN GRASSES. Seed World 57 (11) : 8-10.

(87) STEWART, GEORGE.

1950. RESEEDING RESEARCH IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. Jour. Range

Mangt. 3: 52-59.

(88) STOESZ, A. D., AND RICHWINE, HUGH K.

1948. NEW GRASS FILLS GAP IN NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS. Soil Conserv. 13 :

241-243.

(89) WASSER, C. H.

1950. "TAILOR MADE" GRASSES INCREASE RANGE PRODUCTION. Rec. Stockman 61 (52) : 92, 94-95,

(90) WOOLFOLK, E. J., AND HARRIS, G. A.

1951. FORAGE SPECIES AND SEASONS FOR RESEEDING FOOTHILL RANGE LANDS

IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. U. S. Forest Serv. North. Rocky

Mtn. Forest & Range Expt. sta. Res. Note 97, 2 pp. [Processed.]

See also 6-11,13-15,17, 24, 28, 30, 35-37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 49, 54,59, 65, 69, 71-73,

75-77.

Agropyron intermedium X trichophorum (Ree wheatgrass)

(91) FRANZKE, C. J.

1945. REE WHEATGRASS—^ITS CULTURE AND USE. S. Dak. Agr. Expt. Sta.

Cir. 58, 8 pp.

See also 15 and 24.

Agropyron junceum (rushleaf wheatgrass). See 8.

A. michnoi (Transbaikal wheatgrass)

(92) ANONYMOUS.

1948. DATA ON THE SEED AND CULTURE OF COMMON GRASSES AND LEGUMES.

U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1948: 743-752.

Agropyron orientale (Oriental wheatgrass). See 6.

A. panormitanum ( ). See 6.

A. popovii ( -). See 8.

A. pungens (stiffleaf wheatgrass). See 2,6,8,9, and 70.
62 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

A. ramosum ( — ). See 8.

A. repens (quackgrass)

(93) KEPHABT, L. W.

1931. QUACKGRASS. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1307, 29 pp., illus.

(94) SCEIBNEB, F. L.

1900. ECONOMIC GBASSES. Ü. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrostology Bui. 14, 85 pp.,

illus.

^ee also 11,13, 38, 39, and 64.

Agropyron semicostatum (drooping wheatgrass). See 6, 8,11, and 94.

A. sibiricum (Siberian wheatgrass). See 7-11, 15, 44, 45, 57, 59, 60, 70, and 73.

Agropyron trichophorum (pubescent wheatgrass). See 7-10, 29,30,36,37, 45,47,

54, 57, 59, 60, 69, 71-73, 75, 76, 83, 87, 90.

A. triticeum ( ). See 13.

Agrostis alba (redtop)

(95) BEESON, R. W., OBONEMILLER, F. P., ET AL.

1940. HANDBOOK FOB BANGE MANAGEBS. U. S. Forest Serv. Rogion 5.

212 pp., illus.

(96) BuBTON, GLENN W., AND OTHEBS.

1949. WINTEE GBAZING IN GEOBGIA COASTAL PLAIN. Ga. Coastal Plain Agr.

Expt. Sta. Bui. 47, 36 pp.

(97) COTTON, J. S.

1908. IMPBOVEMENT OF MOUNTAIN MEADOWS. U. S. Bur. Plant Indus. Bul.

127, 29 pp.

(98) FuLTS, JESS.

1935. GBAss. Soil Conserv. Serv. Ames, la. 127 pp.

(99) GBAHAM, E, H.

1941. GBASSES IN THE CONSEBVATION OF SOIL AND WILDLIFE. U. S. SOIL

Conserv. Serv. 19 pp. [Processed.]

(100) GBIFFITHS, DAVID.

1907. THE BESEEDING OF DEPLETED EANGE AND NATIVE PASTUBES. U. S. Bur.

Plant Indus. Bul. 117, 27 pp.

(101) HANSON, H. C.

1929. BESEEDING BANGE LANDS. Nati. Wool Grower 19 (10) : 26-27.

(102) PiPEE, C. V.

1934. IMPOBTANT CULTIVATED GBASSES. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bul.

1254, 38 pp., illus.

(103) OAKLEY, R. A., VINALL, H. N., ET AL.

1924. HAY. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1924: 285-377.

(104) VINALL, H. N., OAKLEY, R. A., ET AL.

1923. OUB FOBAGE RESOUBCES. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1923: 311-413,

illus.

(105) BEE, W. O., AND PALMEB, V. J.

1949. FLOW OF WATEB IN CHANNELS PBOTECTED BY VEGETATIVE LININGS.

U. S. Soil Conserv. Serv. Tech. Bul. 967, 115 pp., illus.

(106) SAMPSON, ABTHUB W.

1913. THE BESEEDING OF DEPLETED GBAZING LANDS TO CULTIVATED FOBAGE

PLANTS. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bul. 4, 34 pp.

(107) SMITH, J. G.

1904. MEADOWS AND PASTUBES. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bul. 66, 29 pp.

(108) WILLIAMS, T. A.

1898. GBASSES AND FOBAGE PLANTS AND FOBAGE CONDITIONS OF THE EASTEBN

BOCKY MOUNTAIN BEGION. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrostology Bul.

12, 78 pp.

See also 4, 8,11,13,15, 24, 27, 29, 33, 34, 39, 42, 64, 94, and 95.

Agrostis avenacea ( ). See 2.

A. canina (velvet bent). See 13, 15, 24, 94, and 107.

A*, nebulosa (cloudgrass)

(109) MCKEE, ROLAND.

1948. GBASSES CAN BE OBNAMENTAL. Ü. S. Dopt Agr. Yearbook 1948:

734-735.

See also 2.

Agrostis nigra (black bent). See 2.

A. palustris (creeping bent). See 2, 13, 15, 24, 29, 32, 56, 64, and 94.

A. semiverticillata (waterbent). See2.

A. tenuis (Colonial bent). See 2, 13, 15, 24, 29, and 102.

A^ tenuis (Highland bent strain). See 15.
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 63

A. transcaspia ( ). See 7.

Aira caryophyllea (silver hairgrass). See 2.

A. praecox (earlyhairgrass). See2.

Alopecurus arundinaceus (reed foxtail). See 2, 8, and 11.

A. creticus (Cretan foxtail). See 2.

A. myosuroides (slimspike foxtail). See 2.

A. pratensis (meadow foxtail)

(110) ANONYMOUS.

1947. PANEL DISCUSSION ON GEASS AND IRRIGATED PASTURES. West. Wash.

Reclam. Inst. Proc. 1947(7) : 3-4.

See also 8, 11, 13, 24, 29, 55, 56, 64, 94.

Alopecurus rendlei ( ). See 2.

Ammophila arenaria (European beachgrass)

(111) MCLAUGHLIN, WILLARD T., AND BROWN, KOBERT L.

1942. CONTROLLING COASTAL SAND DUNES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

U. S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 660, 46 pp., illus.

See also 2, 5, 8, 13, 94, and 98.

Ampelodesmos mauritaniens (Mauritania vinereed). See 2.

Andropogon annulatus (Diaz bluestem)

(112) SWALLEN, JASON R.

1950. SOME INTRODUCED FORAGE GRASSES OF THE GENUS ANDROPOGON AND

RELATED SPECIES. Tex. Res. Fouud. Contrib. 1 (2) : 15-19.

(113) TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

1939. FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. 1939 I 73.

Andropogon caricosus ( ). See 7.

A. caucasiens (Caucasian bluestem)

(114) ANONYMOUS.

1948. GRASSES OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS, THEIR ADAPTATION, VALUE,

GROWTH HABITS, SEED QUALITIES, AND CULTURAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1948: 792-799.

(115) CORNELIUS, DONALD R.

1946. COMPARISON OF SOME SOIL-CONSERVING GRASSES. Amer. Soc. Agron.

Jour. 38 (8) : 682-689.

(116) HARLAN, J. R.

1951. NEW GRASSES FOR OLD RANGES Jour. Range Mangt, 4: 16-18.

(117) HEINAN, R.

1949. RESEEDED PASTURES ARE FOUND SUPERIOR TO NATIVE GRASS. SOUthwest. Crop & Stock 3 (11) : 9, 60-61.

See also 14, 24, 30, 63, 71, 84, and 112.

Andropogon foveolatus (Delhi bluestem)

(118) THOMPSON, J. B.

1918. SOME PROMISING NEW GRASSES. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Ann. Rpt.

1918: 86R.

Andropogon intermedius (Australian bluestem). See 7, 24,112.

A. ischaemum (yellow bluestem)

(119) CLINTON, D. D.

1950. PASTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE GULF COAST. Brahman BreederFeeder 16 (2) : 19, 22-27.

(120) DUDLEY, D. I.

1950. WARM SEASON GRASSES FOR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. TeX, Agr. Expt.

Sta. Misc. Pub. 53, 2 pp.

(121) TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EíXPERIMENT STATION.

1941. FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 1941 *. 13.

(122) WEBSTER, C. B.

1947. THE KING RANCH YELLOW BLUESTEM GRASS STRAIN. TeX. LivestOCk

Jour. 6 (6) : 6, 64.

See also, 7, 14, 21, 24, 30, 63, 84, and 112.

Andropogon ischaemum (King Ranch strain)

(123) JENKINS, T. A.

1947. K. R. IS A BETTER GRASS I MORE PALATABLE, PRODUCTIVE AND EROSIONPROOF STRAIN OF YELLOW BLUESTEM FOUND IN THE SOUTHWEST.

South. Seedsman 10 (6) : 18.

(124) NIXON, W. M.

1949. RANGE RESEEDING IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. Jour. Range MaUgt.

2: 213-217.
64 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(125) -^

1950. KR BLUESTEM GOOD FOR MOST OF TEXAS. Prog. Farmer 65 (11) :

24, 141.

(126) TREW, E. M., JR.

1951. GRASSES THAT PERFORM OR PROMISE WELL IN PERMANENT VALLEY

PASTURES. Tex. Farming Oitricult. 27 (7) : 6.

(127) WOLFF, SIMON E.

1951. HARVESTING AND CLEANING GRASS AND LEGUME SEED IN THE WESTERN

GULF REGION. U. S. Dept. Agr. Handbook 24, 108 pp., illus.

See also 71, 83, and 116.

Andropogon ischaemum (Turkestan strain). See 83.

A. nodosus (Angletongrass). See 2, 112,119,122,124, and 126.

A. pertusus (pitted bluestem). See 2 and 112.

A. sericeus (silky bluestem). See 2 and 112.

Anthephora hermaphrodita ( ). See 2.

Anthoxanthum aristatum (annual vernalgrass). See 2.

A. gracile (Italian vernalgrass). See 2.

A. odoratum (sweet vernalgrass). See 56, 94, and 99.

Apera interrupta ( ). See 2.

A. spica-venti (windgrass). See 2.

Aristida pennata ( ). See 5 and 7.

Arrhenatherum elatius (tall oatgrass)

(128) LOVE, R. M., AND JONES, BURLE J.

1947. IMPROVING CALIFORNIA BRUSH RANGES. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta. Cir.

371, 31 pp.

(129) PLUMMER, A. P., AND STEWART, GEORGE.

1944. SEEDING GRASS ON DETERIORATED ASPEN RANGE. U. S. Forest Serv.

Intermtn. Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Res. Paper 11, 6 pp., illus.

[Processed.]

(130) SPRINGFIELD, H. W., AND REYNOLDS, H. G.

1951. GRAZING PREFERENCES OF CATTLE FOR CERTAIN RESEEDING GRASSES.

Jour. Range Mangt. 4: 83-87.

(131) STEWART, GEORGE.

1947. TALL OATGRASS FOR RESEEDING. Nati. Wool Grower 37 (11) : 14.

. See also 8-10, 12,13, 17,19, 24, 29, 32, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43-50, 55, 57, 59, 60, 64, 65,

72, 76, 77, 87,102, and 107.

Arrhenatherum elatius (Tualatin oatgrass selection. ) See 8 and 75.

A. elatius var. bulbosum (tuber oatgrass). See 2.

Arthraxon hispidus ( ). See 2.

A. hispidus var. cryptatherus ( ). See 2.

Arundinaria amabilis (Tonkin cane)

(132) MCCLURE, F. A.

1948. BAMBOOS FOR FARM AND HOME. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1948:

735-740.

Arundinaria simoni ( ). See 132.

Arundinella ecklonii ( )

(133) RiTCHEY, GEORGE E.

1936. USE OF RABBITS IN DETERMINING THE PALATABILITY OR TOXICITY OF

FORAGE. Amer. Soc. Agron. Jour. 28 (6) : 484-486.

Arundo donax (giant reed). See 3 and 94.

A. donax var. versicolor ( ). See 2.

Astrebla elymoides (hoop Mitchellgrass)

(133a) CONWAY, THELMA H., AND RITCHEY, GEORGE E.

1951. A REPORT ON PLANT SPECIES UNDER TEST AT GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

1914-49. 645 pp. [Unpublished manuscript on file at U. S.

Dept. Agr., BPISAE, Beltsville, Md.]

A. lappacea (curly Mitchellgrass). See 5 and 133a.

A. pectinata (Mitchellgrass). See 6, 32, 94, and 133a.

Avena barbata (slender oat). See 2 and 3.

A. fatua (wild oat). See 2, 94, 95, and 99.

A. sativa (oat). See 2 and 94. ^

A. sterilis (animated oats). See 2. ¥

Bambusa multiplex (hedge bamboo). See 132.

Beckmannia erucaeformis (European sloughgrass). See 8.

Brachiaria erucaeformis (rocket signalgrass). See 2.

B. plantaginea (creeping signalgrass)
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 65

(134) TABOR, PAUL.

1950. OBSERVATIONS OF GRASSES, LEGUMES, WEEDS, SEED PROCESSING, WEEDIciDEs FOR SOIL CONSERVATION. U. S. Dept. Agr. Soil Conserv.

Serv. Nurseries, Spartanburg, S. 0. 67 pp. [Processed.]

See also 2, 118, and 133a.

Brachiaria subquadripara (- —). See 2.

Brachypodium caespitosum (Turkish falsebrome). See 2.

B. distachyon (annual falsebronie). See 2.

B. mucronatum (beardless falsebrome). See 5.

B. pinnatum (Rumanian falsebrome). See 32.

B. sylvaticum (woodland falsebrome). See 2.

Briza maxima (big quaking-grass). See 2 and 109.

B. media (perennial quaking-grass). See 2 and 94.

B. minor (littlequaking-grass). See2and 109.

Bromus alopecuros (— ). See 2.

B. arenarius (Australian chess). See 2.

B. arvensis (— ——). See 2 and 15. *

B. brizaeformis (rattlesnakechess). See2.

B. catharticus (rescuegrass). See 2, 4, 13, 15, 21, 24, 56, 63, 64, and 94.

B. catharticus (prairie brome strain)

(135) LOVE, R. M.

1948. FORAGE PLANTS NEW GRASSES AND GRAZING PRACTICES DESIGNED TO

AID THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY. Wcst. Dairy Jour. 4 (5) : 64-66.

See also 32 and 128.

Bromus catharticus (rescue 46 selection)

(136) WHITE, LEE.

1948. NEW GRASSES PROMISE AID FOR PASTURES. Southwest. Crop & Stock

2 (1) : 11.

See also 24, 83, and 85.

Bromus commutatus (hairy chess). See 2 and 15.

B. commutatus var. apricorum ( ). See 2.

B. danthoniae ( ). See 5.

B. erectus (erect brome). See 8-11, 17, 29, 30, 37, 41, 72, and 73.

B. inermis (smooth brome)

(137) GARDNER, HARRY H., AND FREYBURGER, EDWIN.

1949. GRASS WATERWAYS. U. S. Dcpt. Agr. Leaflet 257, 8 pp.

(138) KEFFER, CHAS. A.

1899. GRASSES AND FORAGE CROPS. N. Mcx. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 32, 34 pp

See also 4, 5, 8-11,13-17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 28-30, 32-34, 37, 38, 40^1, 53-60, 62-65

67, 71-73, 76, 77, 84, 87, 94, 97, 98,101,106,108,115,129, and 130.

Bromus inermis (Lincoln strain)

(139) ANDERSON, K. L.

1945. BROMEGRASS IN KANSAS. Kans. State Bd. Agr. Bien. Rpt. 34:

104-126.

See also 15.

Bromus inermis (Manchar strain)

(140) STARK, R. H., AND KLAGES, K. H.

1949. MANCHAR SMOOTH BROME. Idaho Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 275, 6 pp.,

illus.

See also 8,12, and 15.

Bromus inermis (Parkland selection). See 15 and 27.

B. japonicus (Japanese chess). See 4 and 15.

B. laciniatus (— ). See 2.

B. macrostachys (Mediterranean brome). See 2.

B. molliformis ( ). See 2.

B. mollis (soft chess)

(Í40a) HUTCHISON, C. B., AND KOTOK, E. I.

1942. THE SAN JOAQUÍN EXPERIMENTAL RANGE. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul

663, 145 pp.

(140b) SAMPSON, A. W., CHASE, AGNES, AND HEDRICK, D. W.

1951. CALIFORNIA GRASSLANDS AND RANGE FORAGE GRASSES. Calif. Agr.

Expt sta. Bul. 724, 130 pp.

See also 4, 5,15, 95, and 99.

Bromus oxyodon ( ). See 5.

B. pseudodanthoniae ( ). See 5.

B, racemosus (bald brome). See 2 and 94.
66 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

B. ramosus ( ). See 2.

B. scoparius ( ). See 2.

B. secalinus (chess). See 4, 32, 94, and 99.

B. secalinus Tar. velutinus ( ). See 2.

B. squarrosus ( —). See 2.

B. stamineus (Harlan brome). See 128 and 135.

B. tectorum (cheatgrass)

(141) COSTEóLO, DAVID.

1948. WHAT ABOUT CHEATGBAss? Oolo. Rancher & Farmer 2 (9) : 7.

(142) HuxjL, A. C, JR.

1949. GROWTH PERIODS AND HERBAGE PRODUCTION OF CHEATGRASS (BROMUS

TECTORUM) AND RESEEDED GRASSES IN SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO. JOUr.

Range Mangt. 2: 183-186.

(143) STEWART, GEORGE, AND YOUNG, A. E.

1939. THE HAZARD OF BASING PERMANENT GRAZING CAPACITY ON BROMUS

TECTORUM. Amer. Soc. Agron. Jour. 31 (12) : 1002-1015.

See also 4,15,18, 61, 66, 87, 99, and 100.

Bromus tectorum var. glabratus ( ). See 2.

B. tomentellus ( ). See 8.

B. trinii (C?hilean chess). See 2.

B. trinii var. excelsus ( ). See 2.

Calamagrostis epigeios (chee reedgrass)

(144) VINALL, H. N.

1936. "CHEE GRASS." U. S. Dept. Agr. BPISAE. 2 pp. [Processed.]

See also 8 and 11.

Cenchrus biflorus (India sandbur). See 2, 6, and 133a.

Chloris argentina (Argentine chloris). See 2.

C. berroi (Uruguay chloris). See 5, 32, and 70.

C. canterai (Paraguay chloris). See 2 and 6.

C. capensis ( ). See 2.

C. distichophylla (weeping chloris). See 2, 6, and 133a.

C. gayana (Rhodesgrass)

(145) POTTS, R. C, AND HENSEL, R. L.

1947. RHODES GRASS IN TEXAS. Tcx. Agr. Expt. Sta. Cir. 116, 17 pp.

(146) ROLFS, P. H.

1917. RHODES GRASS. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 138, 8 pp.

(147) THOMPSON, G. E., HAWKINS, R. S., AND CLARK, S. P.

1921. AGRONOMY. Ariz. Agr. Expt. Sta. Rpt. 1921: 564-570.

See also 5, 13, 21, 24, 32, 50, 63, 64, 70, 71, 102, 126, and 128.

Chloris inflata (flatstem chloris). See 5 and 6.

C.prieurii (Moroccanchloris). See2.

C. radiata ( annual chloris). See 2 and 6.

C. submutica (— ). See 2.

C. truncata (creeping v^indmillgrass). See 2.

C. ventricosa (Australian windmillgrass). See 2.

Chrysopogon montanus ( ). See 118.

Coix lacryma-jobi (Jobs-tears). See 2 and 94.

Coleanthus subtilis (mudgrass). See 2.

Coridochloa cimicina (bugseedgrass). See 2.

Cortaderia rudiuscula (quila pampasgrass). See 2.

C. selloana (pampasgrass)

(147a) LEMMON, P. E., AND TAYLOR, P. W.

1949. PAMPAS GRASS. Soil Conscrv. 14: 255-257.

See also 2, 99, and 109.

Corynephorus canescens (clubawngrass). See 2.

Crypsis niliaca (pricklegrass). See 2.

Cutandia memphitica (Memphisgrass). See 2.

Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass)

(148) SWALLEN, JASON R.

1944. ECONOMIC PLANTS OF INTEREST TO THE AMERICAS ! GRASSES PRODUCING

ESSENTIAL OILS. U. S. Dcpt Agr. Off. Foreign Agr. Relat 29 pp.

[Processed.]

Si^e fîlso 2

Cynodon dactylon (Bermud'agrass)

(149) STOCKER, J.

1949. THE GRASS THAT NOBODY WANTED. Calif. Farmer, North. Ed. 191 :

521.
GRASSES INTRODUCED IISTTO THE UNITED STATES 67

(150) WooDHOUSE, W. W., JR., AND LOVVOBN, R. L.

1942. ESTABLISHING AND IMPROVING PERMANENT PASTURES IN NORTH

CAROLINA. N. C. Expt. Sta. Bul. 338, 24 pp.

See also 5, 13, 15, 21, 24, 25, 39, 50, 53, 63, 64, 94, 98-100, and 102-105.

Cynodon dactylon ( Coastal bermuda selection)

(151) BURTON, GLENN W.

1948. COASTAL BERMUDA GRASS. Ga. Coastal Plain Expt. Sta. Cir. 10, 21 pp.

(152) KING, G. H.

1947. COASTAL BERMUDA GRASS. Ga. Dept. Agr. Market Bui. 30 (33) : 6.

See also 15,24, 84,119,121, and 126.

Cynodon dactylon (St. Lueiegrass selection). See 15, 24, and 134.

C. dactylon (Suwanee bermuda strain). See 15 and 24.

C. dactylon (Tift bermuda selection). See 24.

C. plectostachyum (giant dogtoothgrass). See 6 and 15.

C, transvaalensis (Transvaal dogtoothgrass)

(153) STURKIE, D. G.

1940. zoYsiA . , . , A TURF CHAMP? South. Seedsman 3 (6) : 11, 22.

See also 2 and 6.

Cynosurus cristatus (crested dogtail). See 2 and 94.

C. echinatus (hedgehog dogtail). See 2.

Dactylis glomerata (orchardgrass)

(154) BLOUNT, A. E.

1892. CEREALS, FORAGE PLANTS, GRASSES, CLOVERS, TEXTILE PLANTS, SORGHUM.

N. Mex. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 6,19 pp.

(154a) Hinx, A. C, JR.

1945. ORCHARDGRASS FOR RESEEDING. Nati. Woolgrowor 35 (3) : 12.

(155) PETERSON, M. L., AND HUGHES, H. D.

1948. MODERNIZING PASTURES. Iowa Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. P86: 832-858.

(156) SCHAAL, W.

1947. ORCHARDGRASS—THE ARISTOCRAT OF GRASSES. SoUth. Planter 108

(7) : 30.

See also 5, 8-12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 29, 32-34, 37, 39, 41, 43-45, 47, 49, 54, 55, 57,

59, 60, 64, 65, 71-73, 76, 77, 79, 84, 85, 87, 94, 96-100, 102-105, 107, 108, 128, 129,

130, 138, and 150.

Dactylis glomerata (Akaroa orchardgrass strain)

(157) Hafenrichter, A. L.

1951. AKAROA ORCHARD GRASS. Wostlaud Pasturc Jour. 2 (4) : 4 pp.

Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Durban crowfootgrass). See 94 and 99.

Danthonia pilosa (hairy danthonia)

(158) MURPHY, ALFRED H., AND LOVE, R. MERTON.

1950. HAIRY OATGRASS, DANTHONIA PILOSA R. BR., AS A WEEDY RANGE GRASS.

Calif. Dept. Agr. Bui. 39 (3) : 118-124, illus.

See also 5 and 6.

Danthonia purpurea (purple danthonia). See 6.

D. semiannularis (Australian danthonia). See 2, 5, and 6.

Desmazeria sicula (desmazeria). See 2 and 109.

Digitaria decumbens (pangolagrass)

(159) CLARK, H. E.

1950. PANGÓLA GRASS FOR THE TEXAS COAST. Zebu Jour. 2 (3) * 6.

(160) GWYNNE, W. P.

1947. PANGÓLA GRASS PASTURES URGED. Fla. Grower 55 (12a) • 25

See also 15, 24, 84, 126, and 133a.

Digitaria didactyla (blue fingergrass)

(161) PIPER, C. V.

1923. TURF EXPERIMENTS OF THE FLORIDA EXPERIMENT STATION, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. Green Sec. U. S. Golf Assoc. Bui. 3 (4) : 98-101.

See also 118 and 133a.

Digitaria eriantha (woolly fingergrass). See 32, 133, and 133a.

D. horizontalis (Jamaica crabgrass). See 2.

D. ischaemum (smooth crabgrass). See 2 and 99.

D. longiflora ( ). See 2.

D. pentzii (Pentz fingergrass). See 2, 32, and 133a.

D. sanguinalis (hairy crabgrass). See 2, 3, 4, 99, 103, and 105.

D. swazilandensis (Swaziland fingergrass). See 2 and 133a.

D. violascens (violet crabgrass). See 2.

Echinochloa colonum (junglerice). See 2, 94, and 99.

E. crusgalli (barnyardgrass). See 2-4, 94, 98, and 99.
68 HANDBOOK 58^ Ü. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

E. crusgalli var. frumentacea (Japanese millet). See 2, 15, 24, and 102.

Ehrharta calycina (perennial veldtgrass). See 2, 5, 32, 54, 128, and 135.

E. erecta ( ). See 2, 5, 32, 54,128, and 135.

Eleusine coracana (ragimillet). See 2 and 94.

E. indica (goosegrass). See 2 and 94.

E. tristachya (threespike goosegrass). See 2.

Elymus angustus (Altai wildrye). See 8 and 11.

E. aralensis (Aral wildrye). See 11.

E. arenarius (European dunegrass). See 7,11, and 94.

E. caput-medusae (Medusahead wildrye). See 2 and 8.

E. chinensis (Chinese wildrye). See 7, 8, and 11.

E. dahuricus (Dahurian wildrye). See 7, 8, 11, 32, and 70.

E. dasystachys (thickspike wildrye). See 7 and 8.

E. giganteus (mammoth wildrye). See 7, 8, and 11.

E. giganteus (Volga strain). See 8.

E. junceus (Russian wildrye)

(162) RoGLER, GEORGE A.

1951. RUSSIAN WILD-RYE. U. S. Dept. Agr. Leaflet 313, 8 pp., illus.

See also 8-11, 14, 16, 17, 24, 27, 28, 30, 35, 37, 41, 44, 45, 47, 57, 59, 60, 65, 70-73,

75, 78, 83, 87, and 90.

E. sabulosus (Russian dune wildrye). See 5 and 8.

E. sibiricus (Siberian wildrye). See 7, 8,11, 54, and 70.

Eragrostis amabilis (feather lovegrass). See 2 and 109.

E. bahiensis (Bahia lovegrass). See 2.

E. barrelieri (Mediterranean lovegrass). See 2 and 4.

E. brizantha (Kimberly lovegrass). See 5 and 6.

E.chariis (Thalialovegrass). See2.

E. chloromelas (Boer lovegrass)

(163) CRIDER, F. J. XT a T^ ^

1945. THREE INTRODUCED LOVEGRASSES FOR SOIL CONSERVATION. U. S. Dept.

Agr. Cir. 730, 90 pp., illus.

(164) NIXON, W. M.

1948. GRASS PARADE. Farm & Ranch 67 (5) : 38.

See also 5, 34, 54, 59, 83, and 124.

Eragrostis cilianensis (Stinkgrass). See 2, 4, and 94.

E. curvula (weeping lovegrass)

(165) CASSADY, JOHN T., AND GLENDENING, GEORGE E.

1940. REVEGETATING SEMIDESERT RANGE LANDS IN THE SOUTHWEST. Fed.

Security Agency, Civilian Conserv. Corps, Forestry Pub. 8, 22

pp., illus.

(166) NICHOLSON, R.

1950. BEEF BONUSES FROM IDLE LAND. West. Livcstock and the West.

36 (4) : 14-15, 107.

(167) SASSER, H. R.

1950. GRASS (ERAGROSTIS CURVULA) TURNS SANDY ACRES INTO NEW PASTURE. Fla. Grower 58 (5) : 7, 11, 17.

See also 5, 13, 14, 21, 24, 30, 32, 34, 38, 59, 63, 70, 71, 83, 115, 116, 119, 124, 136,

and 163.

Eragrostis cyperoides (bristly lovegrass). See 2.

E. lehmanniana (Lehmann lovegrass). See 5, 30, 32, 34, 38, 53, 54, 59, 70, 71,

76, 83, 117, 124, and 163-165.

E. multicaulis (peregrine lovegrass). See 2.

E. obtusa (flarescale lovegrass). See 5 and 6.

E. pilosa (India lovegrass). See 2-4.

E. poaeoides (little lovegrass). See 2.

E. stenophylla (slimflower lovegrass). See 2.

E. superba (Wilman lovegrass)

(168) RECHENTHIN, C. A.

1950. RANGE GRASSES : THE LOVEGRASSES—THERE ARE MANY SPECIES OF THIS

GRASS WHICH ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT. Cattleman 36 (12) : 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.

See 6, 83, and 124.

Eragrostis tef (teff). See 5, 6, 30, 94, and 154.

E. tenella (Japanese lovegrass). See 2 and 109.

E. unioloides ( Chinese lovegrass). See 2.

E. virescens (Chilean lovegrass). See 2.

Eremochloa ophiuroides (centipedegrass)
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 69

(169) ANONYMOUS.

1947. CENTIPEDE GRASS FOR LAWNS '. EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES. GA.

Coastal Plain Expt. Sta. Paper 48, 2 pp. [Processed.]

See also 2,15, 64, 86, 105, and 161.

Erianthus ravennae (Ravennagrass). See 2, 7, and 94.

Eriochloa aristata (bearded cupgrass). See 2 and 94.

E. polystachya (Caribgrass)

(170) BAIR, R. A.

1950. CARiB EXCELS PARA ON PASTURE GRASS. Fla. Cattleman 14 (8) : 34.

See also 2, 15, 99, and 118.

Eriochloa procera (tropical cupgrass). See 2.

E. villösa (hairy cupgrass). See 2.

Euchlaena mexicana (Mexican teosinte). See 2, 56, 94, and 154.

E. perennis (perennial teosinte). See 2.

Festuca amethystina (amethyst fescue). See 2.

F. arundinacea (reed fescue)

(171) BAILEY, R. Y., AND SCOTT, L. B.

1949. USING TALL FESCUE IN SOIL CONSERVATION. U. S. Dept. Agr. Leaflet

254, 8 pp.

(172) INSKEEP, J. J.

1947. SEED TRIAL FOR THE SOUTH! South. Scedsman 10 (6) : 20, 57.

(173) ViNALL, H. N.

1909. MEADOW FESCUE. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 361, 22 pp.

See also 8, 11, 24, 29, 37, 50, 54, 55, 59, 65, 71, 75, 94, 121, 128, 137, and 138.

Festuca arundinacea (Alta fescue strain)

(174) LANCASTER, R. R.

1949. THE FESCUE (FESTUCA) GRASSES iN TEXAS. Prog. Farmer, Tex. Ed.

64 (10) : 116.

(174a) RAMPTON, H. H.

1950. ALTA FESCUE FOR HIGH-YIELDING PASTURES. Crops & SollS 2(7): 18.

See also 13,15, 29, 32, 37, 50, 55, 59, 84, 85, 96,110,120, and 155.

Festuca arundinacea (Alta 144 fescue selection)

(175) DUDLEY, D. I.

1950. COOL SEASON GRASSES FOR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. TeX. Agr. Expt.

Sta. Misc. Pub. 53, 2 pp.

Festuca arundinacea (Kentucky 31 selection)

(176) COPE, 0.

1948. 31 FESCUE: THIS IS IT! Land 6 (Winter 47/48) : 481-484.

(177) GALVIN, P. J.

1950. KENTUCKY 31 FESCUE. Tcx. Livestock Jour. 9 (9) : 8, 38.

See also 13,15, 85, 96,119,120,174, and 175.

Festuca capillata (hair fescue). See 2.

F. dertonensis (brome fescue). See 2.

F. elatior (meadow fescue). See 10, 11, 13, 15, 19, 24, 29, 32-34, 39, 42, 45, 46,

48, 55, 57, 60, 64, 73, 77, 94, 97-99, 101, 102, 107, 129, 137, 138, 154, and 173.

F. geniculata (Portuguese fescue). See 2.

F. gigantea (giant fescue). See 2 and 8.

F. mairei (Maires fescue). See 5.

F. myuros (rattail fescue). See 2.

F. ovina (sheep fescue). See 9-13, 15, 19, 24, 32-34, 39, 41, 45, 55, 64, 73, 90, 94,

99, 102, and 108.

F. ovina var. duriuscula (hard fescue). See 2 and 8.

F. ovina var. glauca (blue fescue). See 2.

F. rigescens ( ). See 2.

F. rubra (red fescue). See 10, 11, 13, 15, 24, 29, 32, 37, 48, 55, 64, 71, 73, 94, 99,

102, and 108.

F. rubra (Clatsop red fescue selection). See 8.

F. rubra (Illahee red fescue strain)

(177a) MYERS, W. M.

1951. REGISTRATION OF VARIETIES AND STRAINS OF FESCUES (FESTUCA SPP.) . Agron. Jour. 43 ; 237.

F. rubra var. commutata (Chewings fescue). See 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 29, 55, 59, and

137.

F. rubra var. heterophylla (shade fescue). See 2 and 94.

F. rubra var. lanuginosa (hairyscale red fescue). See 2.

Gastridium ventricosum (nitgrass). See 2.

Gynerium sagittatum (uvagrass). See 2 and 109.
70 HAJVDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Hackelochloa granularis (pitscalegrass). See 2.

Heleochloa alopecuroides ( ). See 2.

H. schoenoides (swamp-timothy). See 2.

Helictotrichon pubescens (hairy false-oat). See 2.

Holcus lanatus (velvetgrass). See 2, 32, 56, 94, and 99.

H. mollis (German velvetgrass). See 2 and 94.

Hordeum brevisubulatum (short-awned barley). See 8 and 11.

H. bulbosum (bulbous barley). See 5, 7, 8,11, 57, 60, and 70.

H. hystrix (Mediterranean barley). See 2.

H. leporinum (hare barley)

(178) MCCLATCHIE, A. J.

1901. WII.D BARLEY. Ariz. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 38, 296 pp.

See also 2, 94, and 98-100.

Hordeum marinum (seaside barley). See 2.

H. stebbinsii (Stebbins barley). See 2.

H. vulgäre (barley). See 2 and 99.

Hyparrhenia hirta ( ). See 2, 5, 7, and 70.

H. rufa (jaragua). See 2 and 32.

Imperata cylindrica (cogongrasö). See 2, 15, and 94.

Koeleria phleoides (annual koeleria). See 2.

Lagurus ovatus (liarestail). See 2 and 109.

Lamarckia aurea (goldentop). See 2 and 94.

Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass)

(179) ScHOTH, H. A., AND HEIN, M. A.

1940. THE RYEGRASSES. TJ. S. Dept. Agr. Leaflet 196, 8 pp., illus.

See also 8, 13, 15, 19, 24, 32, 39, 50, 62-64, 94, 99, 102, 105-107, 128, and 138.

Lolium multiflorum X perenne (common ryegrass). See 8 and 179.

L. multiflorum var. ramosum ( ). See 2.

L. perenne (perennial ryegrass). See 8, 13, 15, 19, 24, 32, 33, 46, 57, 60, 62, 64,

94, 98, 102, 106, 107,132, 138, and 179.

L. perenne (Pacey's ryegrass, small-seeded state). See 179.

L. perenne (P-312 selection). See 8.

L. perenne var. cristatum (crested ryegrass). See 2.

L. persicum (Persian ryegrass). See 2.

L. remotum (hardy ryegrass). See 2.

L. strictum (Sicilian ryegrass). See 2.

L. subulatum (Dalmatian ryegrass). See 3 and 32.

L. temulentum (darnel ryegrass). See 2 and 94.

L. temulentum var. leptochaeton ( ). See 2.

Manisuris altissima (African jointtail). See 2 and 94.

Mélica altissima (Siberian melic). See 2.

M. ciliata (silkyspike melic). See 2.

Melinis minutiflora (molassesgrass). See 5, 56, 64, and 94.

Mibora minima ( ). See 2.

Microstegium vimineum ( ). See 2.

M. vimineum var. imberbe ( ). See 2.

Miscanthus nepalensis (Himalaya fairygrass). See 2.

M. sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass). See 2.

M. sinensis (Chinese silvergrass). See 2 and 109.

Molinia caerulea (moorgrass). See 2.

Monerma cylindrica (thintail). See 2.

Nardus stricta (matgrass). See 2.

Nassella chilensis ( ). See 2.

Neyraudia reynaudiana (Burmareed). See 2.

Oplismenus hirtellus (basketgrass). See 2.

O. setarius ( ). See 2.

Oryza sativa (rice). See 2.

Oryzopsis coerulescens (blue rlcegrass). See 5, 7, 8, and 11.

O. miliacea (smilograss)

(180) LAUDE, H. M.

1951. TREATMENTS TO IMPROVE THE EMERGENCE AND STAND OF SMILO GRASS

(ORYZOPSIS MILIACEA). Jour. Range Mangt. 4: 88-92.

(181) LOVE, R. M. _ ,

1947. SMILOGRASS FOR RANGES AND NON-IRRIGATED LAND, Calif. Certified

Seed News 4: 2-3.
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 71

(1$2) _

1951. EANGE GRASS AND RESEEDING EXPERIMENTS IN CALIFORNIA. Calif.

Agr. ( Calif. Sta. ) 5 ( 1 ) : 8-10.

See also 5, 7, 8, 11, 32, 39, 94, 128, and 135.

Panicum antidotale (giant panicum)

(183) AiNswoRTH, J. C., JR.

1950. SOME POINTERS ON BLUE PANIC (PANICUM ANTIDOTALE) GRASS PLANTING. Southwest. Crop & Stock 4 (9) : 22-23.

(184) NIXON, W. M.

1951. WATCH BLUE pANicuM—IT'S GOING PLACES. Prog. Farmer, Tex. Ed.

66 (5) : 16.

See 2, 5, 24, 30, 32, 38, 71, 119, and 126.

Panicum bergii (Berg panicum). See 2.

P. coloratum ( ). See 6 and 7.

P. maximum (Guineagrass). See 2, 56, 64, 94, and 126.

P. miliaceum (proso)

(185) ALLRED, B. W., NIXON, W. M., and BELL, H. M.

1947. CULTIVATED GRASSES USED IN RANGE CONSERVATION. Sheep & Goat

Raiser 27 (9) : 24-25, 52-53, 55.

See also 2, 15, 24, 56, 94, and 99.

Panicum pilcomayense ( ). See 2.

P. purpurascens (Paragrass)

(186) THOMPSON, J. B.

1919. PARA GRASS. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Press Bui. 308, 2 pp.

See also 2, 15, 24, 64, 94, and 102.

Panicum ramosum (browntop millet)

(187) TABOR, P.

1951. BROWNTOP MILLET (PANICUM RAMOSUM). Agron. Jour. 43: 100.

See also 2.

Panicum repens (torpedograss)

(188) HODGES, ELVER M., AND JONES, DAVID W.

1950. TORPEDO GRASS. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Clr. S-14, 4 pp.

See also 2, 94, and 99.

Parapholis incurva (sicklegrass). See 2.

Paspalum dilatatum (Dallisgrass)

(189) GEORGE, L. V.

1950. ERGOT-HAMPERED DALLIS GRASS REVIVED BY HEALTHIER NEW STRAINS.

South. Seedsman 13 (10) : 17, 57.

(190) NIXON, W. M.

1948. DALLIS GRASS. Farm & Ranch 67 (2) : 20.

(191) THOMPSON, J. B.

1919. DALLIS GRASS. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Press Bui. 310, 2 pp.

(192) TURNER, W. F.

1948. DALLIS GRASS HIGHLY SUITED TO COASTAL AREA. Coastal Cattleman

14 (4) : 16.

See also 2, 5, 15, 24, 32, 63, 64, 94, 99, 102, 105, 119, 120, 126, and 150.

Paspalum dilatatum (Strains B-230 and 430)

(193) WASSON, R. A., AND MONROE, W. E.

1949. LOUISIANA DALLIS GRASS (PASPALUM DILATATUM). La. Agr. Col

Expt. Pub. 1001, 4 pp.

See also 189.

Paspalum intermedium (~ ). See 2.

P. malacophyllum (ribbed paspalum). See 2, 5,13, and 121.

P. nicorae ( ). See 2.

P. notatum (Bahiagrass). See 2, 5, 15, 24, 64, 84, and 161.

P. notatum var. saurae (Pensacola strain)

(194) BAILEY, R. Y., SCOTT, L. B., AND LEFFELMAN, L. Jl

1948. GRASSES AND LEGUMES TESTED ON LAND UTILIZATION PROJECTS. Soil

Conserv. 13: 158-161, 168.

See also 2, 13, 15, 56, 71, and 86.

Paspalum notatum var. saurae (Paraguay strain). See 15, 86, and 121.

P. notatum var. saurae (Wilmington strain). See 15 and 24.

P. racemosum (Peruvian paspalum). See 2.

P. scrobiculatum (India paspalum). See 2.

P* urvillei (Vaseygrass). See 13,15,24,56, and 64.
72 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Pennisetum alopecuroides (Chinese pennisetum). See 2 and 94.

P. ciliare (buffelgrass)

(195) HiGGINS, P.

1951. TEXAS TBIALS SHOW BUFFELGRASS (PENNISETUM CILIARE) BEST YET

FOR SANDY LANDS. South. Seedsman 14 (4) : 21, 45, 58.

(196) ROUNDTREE, B.

1951. FROM THE DARK CONTINENT BUFFELGRASS (PENNISETUM CILIARE)

OFFERS FIRST PROMISE OF BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ARID LANDS. South.

Seedsman 14 (4) : 20-21.

See also 2.

Pennisetum clandestinüm (kikuyugrass). See 2, 3, 70,118, and 133a.

P. complanatum ( ). See 133 and 133a.

P. glaucum (pearl millet)

(197) RiTCHEY, GEORGE E., AND STOKES, W. E.

1941. FORAGE AND PASTURE GRASS IMPROVEMENT. Pia. Agr. Expt. Sta.

Rpt. 1941: 48-49.

See also 2,13, 15, 24, and 133a.

Pennisetum glaucum (Sanyo millet, hort. var.)

(197a) JOHNSON, H. A.

1951. PLANTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA SHOW PROMISE AS SUMMER GRAZING CROPS. Miss. Farm Res. 14 (2) : 4.

P. glaucum (Starr millet strain). See 197a.

P. latifolium (Uruguay pennisetum). See 2 and 94.

P. nervosum (bentspike pennisetum). See 2.

P. purpureum (Napiergrass)

(198) THOMPSON, J. B.

1919. NAPIER AND MERKER GRASSES TWO NEW FORAGE CROPS FOR FLORIDA.

Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 153: 235-249.

See also 2,13,15, 24, 64,102,133a, and 147.

Pennisetum setaceum (fountaingrass)

(199) MAJORS, KENNETH R.

1951. CEREAL GRAINS AS FOOD AND FEED. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1950-

51: 331-340.

See also 13.

Pennisetum villosum (feathertop). See 2, 94, and 109.

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass)

(200) HERRON, R.

1950. REED CANARY GRASS, A GOOD PASTURE CROP FOR WET, SWAMPY LAND.

Sealtest Dairyman 4 (2) : 7.

(200a) ScHOTH, H. A.

1929. REED CANARY GRASS. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1602, 10 pp.

See also 2, 8, 11,13, 15, 24, 28, 33, 48, 55, 56, 59, 60, 64, 71, 94, 98, 137, and 155.

Phalaris arundinacea var. picta ( ribbongrass). See 2.

P. brachystachys (shortspike canarygrass). See 2 and 3.

P. canariensis (canarygrass). See 2,13, 56, 94, and 99.

P. minor (littleseed canarygrass). See 2 and 3.

P. paradoxa (hood canarygrass). See 2, 3, and 99.

P. paradoxa var. praemorsa (cutscale canarygrass). See 2.

P. tuberosa var. stenoptera (Hardinggrass)

(201) BoDDY, HERBERT.

1948. HARDING GRASS. Soil Conserv. 14 (4) : 88.

(202) GALVIN, P. J.

1950. THE HARDY HARDING (PHALARIS TUBEROSA STENOPTERA) A GIFT FROM

"DOWN UNDER*' FOR DRY LAND. Tex. Livestock Jour. 9 (7) : 8, 18.

(203) KEISTER, W.

1947. HARDING GRASS (PHALARIS TUBEROSA). Wcst. Dairy Jour. 3 (43) : 32.

See also 2, 5, 11, 13, 15, 24, 30, 32, 54, 71, 85, 96, 121, 128, and 134.

Phleum arenarium (sand timothy). See 2.

P. paniculatum (British timothy). See 2.

P. phleoides (dryland timothy). See 8 and 11.

P. pratense (timothy)

(204) HULL, A. C, JR.

1947. TIMOTHY FOR SEEDING SUMMER RANGES. Nati. WOOl GrOWCr 37

(5) : 17.

See also 8, 11-13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 43^5, 47, 55, 57, 59, 60, 64,

65, 72, 77, 84, 87, 94, 99,100,102-104,106^108,129, and 137.
GRASSES INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES 73

Phleum subiilatum (Italian timothy). See 2.

Phyllostachys aureosulcatus (Nevin bamboo). See 132.

P. aureus (golden bamboo). See 132.

P. bambusoides (Japanese timber bamboo). See 132.

P. meyeri (Meyer bamboo). See 132.

Poa annua (annual bluegrass). See 2,13, and 94.

P. bulbosa (bulbous bluegrass)

(205) HULL, A. C, JR.

1940. BULBOUS BLUEGRASS, VALUABLE FOR RESEEDING INTERMOUNTAIN

RANGES. Nati. Wool Grower 30 (8) : 32.

See also 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 18, 19, 25, 32, 39, 41, 43, 45, 54, 57, 59, 66, and 77

Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass). See 2,13,15,17,19,24,34, 39, 53, 64, 94,102,

and 104.

P. nemoralis (wood bluegrass). See 2 and 94.

P. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass). See 2, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 27, 32-34, 39, 41, 48

53, 57, 59, 64, 77, 94, 95-97, 99, 102-104, 106-108, 129, 130, 137, 150.

P. subfastigiata ( ). See 32.

P. trivialis (rough bluegrass). See 2,13, 24, 56, and 94.

Pogonarthria falcata ( ). See 2 and 5.

Polypogon australis (Chilean polypogon). See 2.

P. interruptus (ditch polypogon). See 2.

P. maritimus (Mediterranean polypogon). See 2 and 3.

P. monspeliensis (rabbitfoot-grass). See 2, 4, and 99.

Pseudosasa japónica (arrow bamboo). See 132.

Puccinellia distans (weeping alkaligrass). See 2.

Rhyncelytrum roseum (Natalgrass)

(206) TRACY, S. M.

1922. NATAi. GRASS: A SOUTHERN PERENNIAL HAY CROP. U. S. Dept

Agr. Farmers' Bui. 726, 16 pp. * • •

See also 2,15, 56, 64, and 94.

Rottboellia exaltata (itchgrass). See 2.

Saccharum barberi (Barber sweetcane). See 2.

S, bengalense (munj). See 2.

S. officinarum (sugarcane). See 2 and 94.

S. sinense (Chinese sweetcane). See 2.

S. spontaneum (wild sweetcane). See 2.

Sacciolepis indica (India cupscale). See 2.

Schismus arabicus ( —). See 2.

S. barbatus (Mediterranean-grass). See 2 and 5.

Sclerochloa dura (hardgrass). See 2.

S. rigida ( ). See 2.

Scolochloa festucacea (rivergrass). See 2.

Sécale céréale (rye). See 2, 5,19, 57, 60, 77, 94, and 99.

S. montanum (mountain rye). See 2, 8, 45, and 59.

Semiarundinaria fastuosa (Narihira cane). See 132.

Setaria barbata (East Indies bristlegrass). See 2.

S. carnei (Carne bristlegrass). See 2.

S. faberi ( Faber bristlegrass). See 2.

S. itálica (foxtail millet)

(207) GARVER, SAMUEL.

1927. FORAGE CROPS AND THEIR CULTURE IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND THE

.^^ox -r. DAKOTAS. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1511, 45 pp.

(208) ViNALL, H. N. » ^A'

1917. FOXTAIL MILLET. U. S. Dcpt. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 793 28 üü

See also 2, 5, 13,15, 24, 94, 102, 154, and 185 ' ^^'

Setaria lutescens (yellow bristlegrass). See 4, 94, and 99

S. nigrirostris (black bristlegrass). See 2.

S. palmifolia (palmgrass). See 2.

S. poiretiana (Poiret bristlegrass). See 2.

S. rariflora (Brazil bristlegrass). See 2.

S. setosa (West Indies bristlegrass). See 2.

S. verticillata (hooked bristlegrass). See 4 and 94.

S. verticillata var. ambigua ( Sicilian hooked bristlegrass). See 2 and 4

fe. viridis (green bristlegrass). See 2, 4, 94, 99, and 102.

bmocalamus oldhami ( ). See 132.

Sorghum halepense (Johnsongrass)
74 HANDBOOK 58, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(209) ViNALL,H. N.

1929. THE PRODUCTION OF JOHNSON GRASS FOR HAY AND PASTURAGE. U. S.

Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1597, 26 pp., illus.

See also 5,13,15, 24, 25, 30, 34, 56, 63, 64,100,103, and 185.

Sorghum sudanense (Sudangrass)

(210) DORRANOE, A. B.

1931. SUDAN GRASS IS VALUABLE PASTURE CROP IN MICHIGAN. Mich. Agr.

Expt. Sta. Quart. Bui. 13 (4) : 183-187.

(211) HELM, C. A.

1948. SUDAN GRASS PRODUCTION IN MISSOURI. Mo. Agr. Col. Ext. Cir.

558, 2 pp.

(212) HOOVER, M. M.

1939. NATIVE AND ADAPTED GRASSES FOR CONSERVATION OF SOIL AND MOISTURE IN THE GREAT PLAINS AND WESTERN STATES. U. S. Dept Agr.

Farmers' Bui. 1812, 44 pp., illus.

(213) PETERSON, M. L., AND MILLER, M. D.

1950. SUDANGRASS IN CALIFORNIA. Calif. Agr. Col. Ext. Cir. 165, 8 pp.

(214) VINALL, H. N.

1949. SUDAN GRASS. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1126, 30 pp.

See also 2, 5,13,19, 24, 62-64, 84, 99, 102,105, 155, and 207.

Sorghum sudanense (Sudan 23 strain)

(215) BRIGGS, F. N.

1947. EXPERIMENTS WITH SWEET SUDAN AND SUDAN 23. Nulaid NeWS

25 (1) :22.

See also 24 and 213.

Sorghum sudanense (Sweet Sudan selection). See 24, 185, 213, and 215.

Sorghum sudanense (Tift Sudan selection)

(216) BuRBicK, A. B.

1951. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT TIFT SUDAN? Ark. Farmer 53 (5) : 12.

See also 24 and 213.

Sorghum virgatum (Tunisgrass). See 2.

S. vulgäre (sorghum).

(217) ALLREO, B. W., NIXON, W. M., AND BELL, H. M.

1947. CULTIVATED GRASSES USED IN RANGE CONSERVATION. Sheep & Goat

Raiser 27 (8) : 8-9, 44-45, 47-48.

See also 2, 13, 15, 24, and 154.

S. vulgäre var. drummondii (chiekencorn). See 2.

Sporobolus indiens (West Indies smutgrass). See 2 and 94.

S. poiretii (rattail smutgrass). See 2 and 99.

Stipa brachychaeta (Araucanian needlegrass). See 2.

S. elegantissima (Australian feathergrass). See 2 and 94.

S. neesiana (Uruguay needlegrass). See 2.

S. papposa ( ). See 32.

S. pennata (European feathergrass). See 2.

S. sibirica (Siberian needlegrass). See 7.

S. splendens (cheegrass). See 2, 11, and 32.

S. tenacissima (esparto). See 2.

Themeda quadrivalvis (kangaroo-grass). See 2.

Thysanolaena maxima (tigergrass). See 2.

Tragus berteronianus (spike burgrass). See 2.

T. racemosus (stalked burgrass). See 2.

Trisetum aureum (golden trisetum). See 2.

T. flavescens (yellow trisetum). See 2 and 94.

Trlticum aestivum (wheat). See 2,199, and 217.

Vetiveria zizanioides (vétiver). See 2, 94, and 148.

Zea mays (corn). See 2,199, and 217.

Zoysia japónica (Korean lawngrass)

1950. SEED IN HER TIME—FOR ZOYSIA ! South. Seodsmau 13 (8) : 16, 44.

See also 2, 13, 24, and 161. n^ ^^o ^ OíQ

Zoysia matrella (Manilagrass). See 2, 5, 13, 24, 86, 94, 153, and 218.

Z. tenuifolia (mascarenegrass). See 2, 13, and 24.
INDEX OF COMMON NAMES

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alkaligrass, weeping (Puccinellia

distans) 50

Angletongrass (Ândropogon nodosus) 12

Bahamagrass. See Bermudagrass.

Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) « 43

Paraguay (strain of var. saurae) 43

Pensacola (strain of var. saurae) 43

Wilmington (strain of var.

saurae) 43

bamboo (Gramineae family,

Bambuseae tribe, species of),

arrow (Pseudosasa japónica)- 50

giant timber. See bamboo,

Japanese timber.

golden (Phyllostachysaureus)- 48

hedge (Bambusa multiplex) 15

Japanese timber (Phyllostachys bambusoides) 48

Meyer (P. meyeri) 48

Nevin (P. aureosulcatus) 48

barley (Hordeum vulgäre) 37

bulbous (H. bulbosum) 36

hare (H. leporinum) 36

Mediterranean (H. hystrix) 36

seaside (H. marinum) 36

short-awned (H. brevisubulatum) 36

Stebbins (H. stebbinsii) 36

barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crusgalli) 26

basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus) 40

beachgrass, European (Ammophila arenaria) 10

heardgrass,ringed. See bluestem,

Diaz,

bent (Agrostis),

black (A, nigra) 8

Cocoos. See bent, creeping.

Colonial (A. tenuis) 9

Highland bent (strain) 9

Coos Bay. See bent, creeping.

creeping (A. palustris) 8

Metropolitan. See bent, creeping.

Rhode Island. See bent, Colonial.

seaside. See bent, creeping.

velvet (A. canina) 8

Washington. See bent, creeping,

water (A. semiverticiliata) 9

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Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) 22

African. See dogtoothgrass,

Transvaal.

Coastal bermuda (selection) _ « 22

fine-leaved. See dogtoothgrass,

Transvaal.

St. Luciegrass (selection) 23

Star. See dogtoothgrass, giant.

Suwanee bermuda (strain) 23

Tift bermuda (selection) 23

Tifton hermuda No. 99. See

Suwanee bermuda,

bluegrass (Poa).

annual (P. annua) 48

bulbous (P. bulbosa) 48

Canada (P. compressa) 49

Kentucky (P. pratensis) 49

rough (P. trivialis) 49

wood (P. nemoralis) 49

bluegrasSy Mexican. See chloris,

flatstem.

bluestem (Andropogon).

Australian (A. intermedius) 11

Caucasian (A. caucasiens) 11

Delhi (A. foveolatus) 11

Diaz (A. annulatus) 10

pitted (A. pertusus) 12

silky (A. sericeus)____ 12

Turkestan. See bluestem,

yellow.

yellow (A. ischaemum) 11

Elkan (strain) 11

King Ranch (strain) 11

Turkestan (strain) 12

Brahmangrass. See bluestem,

Diaz.

bristlegrass (Setaria).

black (S. nigrirostris) 52

Brazil (S. rariflora) 53

bur. See bristlegrass, hooked.

Carne (S. carnei) 52

East Indies (S. barbata) 52

Faber (S. faberi) 52

green (S. viridis) 53

hooked (S. verticillata) 53

Poiret (S. poiretiana) 53

Sicilian hooked (S. verticillata var. ambigua) 53

West Indies (S. setosa) 53

yellow (S. lutescens)____ 52

brome (Bromus).

bald (B. racemosus) 19

Chilean. See chess, Chilean.

erect (B. erectus) 17

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brome—continued

false. See falsebrome.

Harlan (B. stamineus) 19

meadow. See brome, erect.

Mediterranean (B. macrostachys) 18

Prairie (strain of rescuegrass) _ 16

smooth (B. inermis) 17

Lincoln (strain) 18

Manchar (strain) 18

Parkland (selection) 18

hromegrass, smooth. See brome,

bald.

hroncograss. See cheatgrass.

buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) _ 44

bugsee^grass (Coridochloa cimicina)___ 22

burgrass (Tragus).

spike (T. berteronianus) 56

stalked (T. racemosus) 56

Butinareed (Neyraudia reynaudiana) 40

canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis)___ 46

cutscale (P. paradoxa var.

praemorsa) 47

hood (P, paradoxa) 46

littleseed (P. minor) 46

reed (P. arundinacea) 46

shortspike (P. brachystachys) _ 46

cane.

Chinese. See sweetcane, Chinese, Narihira (Semiarundinaria fastuosa) 52

Tonkin (Arundinariaamabilis). 13

Caribgrass (Eriochloa polystachya) 31

carpetgrass, Japanese. See Manilagrass.

centipedegrass (Eremochloa ophluroides)___ 31

cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)___ 19

cheegrass (Stipa splendens) 55

chess (Bromus, certain annual

exotic species).

Australian (B. arenarius) .- 16

chess (B. secalinus) 19

Chilean (B. trinii) 20

downy. See cheatgrass.

hairy (B. commutatus) 17

Japanese (B. japonicus) 18

rattlesnake (B. brizaeformis)__ 16

soft (B. mollis) 18

chickencorn (Sorghum vulgäre

var. drummondii) 55

chloris (Chloris).

annual (C. radiata) 21

Argentine (C. argentina) 20

flatstem (C. inflata) 21

Moroccan (C. prieurii) 21

Paraguay (C. canterai) 20

Uruguay (C. berroi) 20

weeping (C. distichophylla) 20

cloudgrass (Agrostis nebulosa) __ 8

clubawngrass (Corynephorus canescens) 22

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cocksfoot. See orchardgrass.

cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) _ 37

corn (Zea mays) 56

coim, Indian. See corn.

couchgrassj blue. See fingergrass,

blue.

crabgrass (Digitaria).

hairy (D. sanguinalis) 26

Jamaica (D. horizontaiis) 25

smooth (D. ischaemum) 25

violet (D. violascens) 26

crowfootgrass, Durban (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) 24

cupgrass (Eriochloa).

bearded (E. arlstata) 31

hairy (E. villosa) 31

tropical (E. procera) 31

cupscale, India (Sacciolepis indica) 51

Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) 42

Strains B-230 and 430 43

danthonia (Danthonia).

Australian (D. semiannularis). 25

hairy (D. pilosa) 24

purple (D. purpurea) 25

Dawsongrass. See crabgrass, violet.

desmazeria (Desmazeria sicula)> 25

devilgrass. See Bermudagrass.

dogtail (Cynosurus).

crested (C. cristatus) 23

hedgehog (C. echinatus) 23

dogtoothgrass (Cynodon).

giant (C. plectostachyum) 23

Transvaal (C. transvaalensis) _ 23

dunegrass, European (Elymus

arenarius)-, 27

elephantgrass. See Napiergrass.

esparto (Stipa tenacissima) 55

eulalia. See silvergrass, Chinese.

everlasting-grass, Mexican. See

cupgrass, bearded.

fairygrass, Himalaya (Miscanthus nepalensis) 39

falsebrome (Brachypodium).

annual (B. distachyon) _ _ 15

beardless (B. mucronatum) 15

Rumanian (B. pinnatum) 16

Turkish (B. caespitosum) 15

woodland (B. sylvaticum) 16

false-oat, hairy (Helictotrichon

pubescens) 36

feathergrass (Stipa, plumoseawned spp.).

Australian (S. elegantissima) _ 55

European (S. pennata) 55

feathertop (Pennisetum villosum) 46

fescue (Festuca).

amethyst (F. amethystina) _ - _ 32

blue (F. ovina var. glauca> 34

brome (F. dertonensis) 33

Chewings (F. rubra var. commutata) 35

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giant (F. gigantea)

hair (F. capillata)

hard (F. ovina var. duriuscula)

Maires (F. mairei)

meadow (F. elatior)

Portuguese (F. geniculata)

rattail (F. myuros)

red (F. rubra)

Clatsop (strain)

lUahee (strain)

hairyscale (F. rubra var.

lanuginosa)

reed (F. arundinacea) _ - -

Alta (strain)

Alta 144 (selection)

Fescue 31 (selection). See

Kentucky 31 (selection).

Kentucky 31 (selection)

shade (F. rubra var. heterophylla)

sheep (F. ovina)

tall. See fescue, reed,

fingergrass (Digitaria).

blue (D. didactyla)___

Pentz (D. pentzii)

Swaziland (D. swazilandensis)

woolly (D. eriantha) I

fingergrass. See chloris, flatstern.

giant. See chloris, Uruguay,

fountaingrass (Pennisetum setaceum)

foxtail (Alopecurus).

creeping. See foxtail, reed.

Cretan (A. creticus)

meadow (A. pratensis)

reed (A. arundinaceus)

slimspike (A. myosuroides) _ _ _.

goatgrass (Aegilops).

barb (A. triuncialis)

jointed (A. cylindrica)

goldentop (Lamarckia aurea)

goosegrass (Eîeusine indica)

threespike (E. tristachya)

guineafowl-grass. See itchgrass.

Guineagrass (Panicum maximum)

haaschare. See danthonia,

purple,

hairgrass (Aira).

early (A. praecox)

silver (A. caryophyllea)

hardgrass (Sclerochloa dura)

Hardinggrass (Phalaris tuberosa

var. stenoptera)

harestail (Lagurus ovatus)

Hollandgrass. See beachgrass,

European,

hurricanegrass. See bluestern,

pitted,

itchgrass (Rottboellia exaltata)__

jaragua (Hyparrhenia rufa)

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33 jointtail, African (Manisuris

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34 junglerice (Echinochloa colonum)-

33 kangaroo-grass (Themeda quad33 rivalvis).

33 khuskhus. See vétiver.

34 kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clan34 destinum).

35 Kleberg - grass. See bluestem,

35 Diaz.

koeleria, annual (Eoeleria pWe35 oides) .

32 lawngrass, Japanese. See lawn32 grass, Korean.

32 lawngrass, Korean (Zoysia japónica) .

lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) ,

lovegrass (Eragrostis).

Bahia (E. bahiensis)

blue. See lovegrass, Boer.

Boer (E. chloromelas)

bristly (E. cyperoides)

Chilean (E. virescens)

Chinese (E. unioloides)

feather (E. amabilis)

flarescale (E. obtusa)

India (E. pilosa)

Japanese (E. tenella)

Kimberly (E. brizantha)

Lehmann (E. lehmanniana)___

little (E. poaeoides)

Mediterranean (E. barrelieri)_

peregrine (E. multicaulis)

qovane. See lovegrass, Wilman.

sHmflower (E. stenophylla) _ - _

Thalia (E. chariis) _.

weeping (E. curvula)

Wilman (E. superba)

lymegrass. See wildrye.

sea. See dunegrass, European.

maize. See corn.

malojilla-grass. See Caribgrass.

Manilagrass (Zoysia matrella).__

mascarenegrass (Zoysia tenuifolia)

matgrass (Nardus stricta)

Mediterrahean-grass (Schismus

barbatus)

melic (Mélica).

Siberian (M. altissima)

silkyspike (M. ciliata)

Memphisgrass (Cutandia memphitica)

millet.

African, See ragimillet.

broomcorn. See proso.

browntop (Panicum ramosum)

Coracan. See ragimillet.

foxtail (Setaria itálica)

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hog. See proso.

Japanese (Echinochloa crusgalli var. frumentacea) 26

pearl (Pennisetum glaucum)_- 45

Sanyo (hort. var.) 45

Starr (strain) 45

Mitchellgrass (Astrebia pectinata) 14

curly (A. lappacea) 14

hoop (A. elymoides) 14

molassesgrass (Melinis minutiflora) 39

moorgrass (Molinia caerulea) 40

mudgrass (Coleanthus subtilis)__ 22

munj (Saccharum bengalense)__ 51

Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum) 45

Natalgrass (Rhyncelytrum roseum) 50

needlegrass (Stipa).

Araucanian (S. brachychaeta) _ 55

Siberian (S. sibirica) 55

Uruguay (S. neesiana) 55

nitgrass (Gastridium ventricosum) 35

oat (Avena sativa) 15

animated (A. sterilis) 15

slender (A. barbata) 14

wild (A. fatua) 14

oatgrass (Arrhenatherum).

tall (A. elatius)- 13

Tualatin (selection) 13

tuber (A. elatius var. bulbosum) 13

oatgrass, hairy. See danthonia,

hairy,

orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) 24

Akaroa (strain) 24

palmgrass (Setaria palmifolia)___ 53

pampasgrass (Cortaderia selloana) 22

quila (C. rudiuscula) 22

pangolagrass (Digitaria decumbens) 25

panicum (Panicum).

Berg (P. bergii) 41

blue. See panicum, giant.

giant (P. antidotale) 41

Paragrass (Panicum purpurascens) - 42

paspalum (Paspalum).

India (P. scrobiculatum) 44

Peruvian (P. racemosum) 44

ribbed (P. malacophyllum) 43

pennisetum (Pennisetum).

bentspike (P. nervosum) 45

Chinese (P. alopecuroides) 44

Uruguay (P. latifolium) _ _ . 45

pitscalegrass (Hackelochloa granularis) 35

polypogon (Polypogon).

Chilean (P. australis) 50

ditch (P. interruptus) 50

Mediterranean (P. marítimas) _ 50

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pricklegrass (Crypsis niliaca) 22

proso (Panicum miliaceum) 41

quackgrass (Agropyron repens)„_ 6

quaking-grass (Briza).

big (B. maxima) 16

little (B. minor) 16

perennial (B. media) 16

rabbitfoot-grass (Polypogon

monspeliensis) 50

ragi. See ragimillet.

ragimillet (Eleusine coracana)__ 26

Ravennagrass (Erianthus ravennae) 31

redtop (Agrostis alba) 8

reed, giant (Arundo donax) 14

reedgrass, chee (Calamagrostis

epigeios) 20

rescuegrass (Bromus catharticus) 16

Prairie Brome (strain) 16

Rescue 46 (selection) 17

Texas Rescue 46 (selection).

See Rescue 46 (selection).

Rhodesgrass (Chloris gayana) 21

ribbongrass (Phalaris arundinacea var. picta) 46

rice (Oryza sativa) 40

ricegrass, blue (Oryzopsis coerulescens) — 40

rivergrass (Scolochloa festucacea) 51

rye (Sécale céréale) 51

mountain (S. montanum) 52

ryegrass (Lolium).

common (L. multiflorum X

perenne) 38

crested (L. perenne var. cristatum) 38

Dalmatian (L. subulatum)_— 39

darnel (L. temulentum) 39

domestic. See ryegrass, common.

hardy (L. remotum) 38

Italian (L. multiflorum) 37

Oregon, See ryegrass, common.

perennial (L. perenne) ..__ 38

Pacey's (small-seeded state)- 38

P-312 (selection) 38

Persian (L. persicum) _ 38

Sicilian (L. strictum) 39

western. See ryegrass, common.

St. Luciegrass (Cynodon dactylon

var.) 23

saltgrass, Mediterranean (Aeluropus littoralis) 2

sandbur- India (Cenchrus biflorus) 20

sicklegrass (Parapholis incurva). 42

signalgrass (Brachiaria).

creeping (B. plantaginea) 15

rocket (B. erucaeformis) 15

silvergrass (Miscanthus).

Amur (M. sacchariflorus) 40

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Nepal. See fairygrass,

Himalaya,

sloughgrass, European (Beckmannia erucaeformis)

smilograss (Oryzopsis miliacea)__

smutgrass (Sporobolus).

rattail (S. poiretii)

West Indies (S. îndicus)

sorghum (Sorghum vulgäre)

stargrass. See windmillgrass,

creeping; dogtoothgrass,

giant.

giant. See dogtoothgrass, giant,

stinkgrass (Eragrostis cilianensis)

Sudangrass (Sorghum sudanense)

Sudan 23 (strain)

Sweet Sudan (selection)

Tift Sudan (strain)

sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

swamp-timothy (Heleochloa

schoenoides

sweetcane (Saccharum).

Barber (S. barberi)

Chinese (S. sinense)

wild (S. spontaneum)

teff (Eragrostis tef)

teosinte (Euchlaena).

Mexican (E. mexicana)

perennial (E. perennis)

thintail (Monerma cylindrica)___

tigergrass (Thysanolaena

maxima)

timothy (Phleum pratense) _____

British (P. paniculatum)

dryland (P. phleoides)

Italian (P. subulatum)

sand (P. arenarium)

todagrass. See bluestem, Delhi.

torpedograss (Panicum repens)_

trisetum (Trisetum).

golden (T. aureum)

yellow (T. flavescens)

Tunisgrass (Sorghum virgatum) _

umhrellagrass. See chloris, weeping.

uvagrass (Gynerium sagittatum) _

Vaseygrass (Paspalum urvillei) _ _

veldtgrass, perennial (Ehrharta

calycina) ,

velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus)

German (H. mollis)

Korean. See mascarenegrass.

vernalgrass (Anthoxanthum).

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Italian (A. gracile)

sweet (A. odoratum)

vétiver (Vetiveria zizanioides)_-_

• vinereed, Mauritania (Ampelodesmos mauritaniens)

wallahygrass. See danthonia,

Australian.

wheat (Triticum aestivum)

wheatgrass (Agropyron).

Amur (A. amurense)

crested (A. cristatum)

desert (A. desertorum)

drooping (A. semicostatum)___

Fairway crested. See wheatgrass, crested.

false. See wildrye, Chinese,

intermediate (A. intermedium)

Mongolian (A. mongolicum) _ _

Oriental (A. orientale)

pubescent (A. trichophorum)__

Ree (A. intermedium X trichophorum) „_

rhizomatous crested (A. michnoi ? A. desertorum var. ?) _

rushleaf (A. junceum)

Siberian (A. sibiricum)

Standard crested. See wheatgrass, desert (Standard

strain).

stiffhair. 5ee wheatgrass, pubescent.

stiffleaf (A. pungens)

tall (A. elongatum)

Transbaikal (A. michnoi)

Turkish (A. divaricatum)

wildrye (Elymus).

Altai (E. angustus)

Aral (E. aralensis)

Asiatic. See wildrye, Dahurian.

Chinese (E. chinensis)

Dahurian (E. dahuricus)-.

mammoth (E. giganteus)

Volga (strain)

medusahead (E. caput-medusae)

Russian (E. junceus)

Russian dune (E. sabulosus)__

Siberian (E. Sibiriens)

Siberian giant. See wildrye,

mammoth,

thickspike (E. dasystachys)___

windgrass (Apera spica-venti)___

windmillgrass (Chloris).

Australian (C. ventricosa)

creeping (C. truncata)

wiregrass. See Bermudagrass.

zoysiagrass. See Manilagrass.

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