Grasses of Washington, D.C.
By: Kamal M. Ibrahim and Paul M. Peterson
Contributors: Peterson, Paul M., author
Series: Smithsonian contributions to botany -- no. 99; Smithsonian contributions to botany -- no. 99.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Grasses; Identification
Description: "A vegetative key, descriptions, and illustrations for the identification of 182 native and naturalized grasses that occur in Washington, D.C., are presented. In addition, we provide a glossary of terms and indexes to scientific and common names. The key is based on vegetative characters to allow identification of specimens that primarily do not have flowering structures (inflorescences and spikelets)."--Abstract.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page [121]) and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: List of figures; title: Introduction. Morphological characters ; Identification ; Acknowledgements; title: Vegatative key to the grasses of Washington, D.C.; title: Descriptions; title: Glossary of terms; title: References; title: Index of common names; title: Index of scientific names.