Grasses: An Identification GuideFocusing on the color, shape, and texture of the plants, and avoiding the technicalities presented by most botanical guides, this first and only popular book on the subject provides a lively account of the history, ecology, and uses of 135 species of grasses.Horticulture. 368 line drawings. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
How to Use This Book | 18 |
Glossary for Text | 209 |
Additional Readings on Grasses and Grasslands | 233 |
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Agrostis Agrostis hyemalis alien annual alien perennial Ammophila Andropogon areas Aristida basal leaves bracts bristles Bromus brown canadensis Carex Cyperus dense Digitaria droop Easily confused Echinochloa Elymus Elymus virginicus Eragrostis female flower Festuca fields flower branches flower clusters flower scales fruit fuzzy genus gerardi glumes Glyceria Grass family Gramineae Grass Grass family grasslands grazing green grows in clumps grows in tufts habitat hairs Hordeum hyemalis identification inflorescence July-October Juncaceae Juncus tenuis lawns leaf lemma Leptoloma Little Bluestem male flowers meadows medium-size native annual native perennial Panicum perennans Phalaris Phragmites places native perennial plant purple rhizomes roadsides rubra Rush family Juncaceae sacs salt marshes Scirpus Sedge family Cyperaceae seeds sheath short short-grass prairie soil native perennial sometimes Sorghastrum nutans Spartina species spikelet Sporobolus stalks stamens stiff stolons tall tall-grass prairie thin triangular stem Tripsacum usually virginicus weed wet places native Wheat wiry woods Zizania aquatica