Manual of the Grasses of the United States |
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100 cm tall 15 cm long 20 cm long Acad acuminate Agropyron Agrost Aira Amer Andropogon appressed Aristida Arizona ascending awnless Based on Agrostis Based on Panicum Based on Poa Beauv blades flat branches Bromus Bull Calamagrostis Calif California Carolina Club Contrib culms culms erect densely Elymus Eragrostis fertile lemma Festuca FIGURE flexuous floret Florida Fourn glabrous glumes glumes and floret Gram Grasses Herb Hitchc involute keel Kunth lemma ligule lower Merr Mexico Michx mm long Muhl Muhlenbergia Nash Nees nerves nodes Nutt palea panicle panicle narrow Panicum Paspalum pedicels Perennial pilose Plant pubescent racemes rachilla rachis rhizomes Rhodora Rydb scabrous Schult Scribn second glume Setaria slender spike spikelets Sporobolus spreading Spreng sterile lemma Steud Stipa synonym Texas Torr Torrey Bot Trin tufted Type species U.S. Natl U.S.Dept usually Vasey views of spikelet villous wide Willd