GRASSESAegilops cylindricaHostgoatgrassAgropyronGaertn.wheatgrasscristatum[9](L.) Gaertn.fairway w.dasystachyum(Hook.) Scribn.thickspike w.desertorum[9](Fisch.) Schult.crested w.elongatum[10](Host) Beauv.tall w.inerme(Scribn. & Smith) Rydb.beardless w.intermedium[11](Host) Beauv.intermediate w.repens(L.) Beauv.quackgrassripariumScribn. & Smithstreambank w.semicostatum(Steud.) Nees ex Boiss.drooping w.sibiricum(Willd.) Beauv.Siberian w.smithiiRydb.western w.spicatum(Pursh) Scribn. & Smithbluebunch w.subsecundum(Link) Hitchc.bearded w.trachycaulum(Link) Malteslender w.trichophorum[11](Link) Richt.pubescent w.AgrostisL.bentgrassalbaL.redtopcaninaL.velvet b.diegoensisVaseythin b.exarataTrin.spike b.hiemalis(Walt.) B.S.P.winter b.palustrisHuds.creeping b.tenuisSibth.colonial b.var.aristata(Parnell) Druceawned c. b.Aira caryophylleaL.silver hairgrassAlopecurusL.foxtailaequalisSobol.shortawn f.arundinaceusPoir.creeping f.carolinianusWalt.Carolina f.myosuroidesHuds.mouse f.pratensisL.meadow f.AmmophilaHostbeachgrassarenaria(L.) LinkEuropean b.breviligulataFernaldAmerican b.AndropogonL.bluestembarbinodisLag.cane b.elliottiChapm.elliott b.gerardiVitmanbig b.glomeratus(Walt.) B.S.P.bushy b.halliiHack.sand b.intermediusR. Brown[12]caucasian b.ischaemumL.[13]Turkestan b.nodosus(Willem.) Nashangleton b.perforatusTrin. ex Fourn.pinhole b.saccharoidesSwartzsilver b.scopariusMichx.little b.tener(Nees) Kunthslender b.ternariusMichx.splitbeard b.virginicusL.broomsedgeAnthoxanthum odoratumL.sweet vernalgrassAristidaL.threeawnadscensionisL.sixweeks t.arizonicaVaseyArizona t.basirameaEngelm. ex Vaseyforktip t.curtissii(A. Gray) Nashcurtiss t.desmanthaTrin. & Rupr.curly t.dichotomaMichx.churchmouse t.divaricataHumb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.poverty t.fendlerianaSteud.fendler t.intermediaScribn. & Ballkearney t.longespicaPoir.slimspike t.longisetaSteud.red t.oliganthaMichx.prairie t.orcuttianaVaseysingle t.purpurascensPoir.arrowfeather t.purpureaNutt.purple t.ramosissimaEngelm. ex A. Grays-curve t.wrightiiNashwright t.ArrhenatherumBeauv.oatgrasselatius(L.) Presltall o.var.bulbosum(Willd.) Spennertuber o.ArundinariaMichx.canegigantea(Walt) Muhl.giant c.tecta(Walt) Muhl.switch c.Arundo donaxL.giantreedAstrebla pectinataF.v.M.[14]mitchellgrassAvenaL.oatbarbataBrot.slender o.byzantinaC. Kochred o.fatuaL.wild o.nudaL.naked o.sativaL.common o.Axonopus affinisChasecarpetgrassBeckmannia syzigachne(Steud.) FernaldAmerican sloughgrassBlepharoneuron tricholepis(Torr.) NashpinedropseedBoutelouaLag.gramabarbataLag.sixweeks g.chondrosioides(H.B.K.) Benth. ex S. Wats.sprucetop g.curtipendula(Michx.) Torr.sideoats g.eriopoda(Torr.) Torr.black g.filiformis(Fourn.) Griffithsslender g.gracilis(H.B.K.) Lag. ex Steud.blue g.hirsutaLag.hairy g.rothrockiiVaseyrothrock g.BrizaL.quakinggrassmaximaL.big q.mediaL.perennial q.minorL.little q.BromusL.bromearenariusLabill.Australian b.arvensisL.field b.brizaeformisFisch. & Mey.rattle b.carinatus[15]Hook. & Arn.mountain b.catharticusVahl.rescue b.ciliatus[16]L.fringed b.commutatusSchrad.hairy b.erectusHuds.meadow b.frondosus(Shear) Woot. & Standl.weeping b.inermisLeyss.smooth b.[17]japonicusThunb.Japanese b.madritensisL.Spanish b.mollisL.soft b.purgansL.Canada b.racemosusL.bald b.rigidusRothripgut b.rubensL.red b.secalinusL.cheatstamineus[18]E. Desv.harlan b.sterilisL.poverty b.tectorumL.downy b.tomentellus[18]Boiss.Russian b.vulgaris(Hook.) ShearColumbia b.Buchloë dactyloides(Nutt.) Engelm.buffalograssCalamagrostisAdans.reedgrasscanadensis(Michx.) Beauv.bluejoint r.epigeios(L.) Rothchee r.inexpansaA. Graynorthern r.rubescensBuckl.pinegrassCalamovilfaHack.sandreedgigantea(Nutt.) Scribn. & Merr.big s.longifolia(Hook.) Scribn.prairie s.CenchrusL.sandburmyosuroidesH.B.K.big s.pauciflorusBenth.sandbursetigerus[19]VahlbirdwoodgrassChlorisSwartzchloris; windmillgrass[20]distichophyllaLag.weeping c.gayanaKunthrhodesgrassverticillataNutt.windmillgrassvirgataSwartzshowy c.Cinna arundinaceaL.stout woodreedCoix lacryma-jobiL.jobstearsCortaderia selloana(Schult.) Aschers. & Graebn.pampasgrassCynodonL. Rich.bermudagrassdactylon(L.) Pers.bermudagrassplectostachyum[19](Schum.) PilgerstargrasstransvaalensisBurtt-DavyAfrican b.Cynosurus cristatusL.crested dogtailDactylis glomerataL.orchardgrassDanthoniaLam. & DC.danthoniacalifornicaBoland.California d.intermediaVaseytimber d.pilosaR. Br.hairy d.spicata(L.) Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.poverty d.Deschampsia caespitosa(L.) Beauv.tufted hairgrassDiarrhena americanaBeauv.American beakgrainDigitariaHeistercrabgrass; fingergrass[21]decumbensStentpangolagrassfiliformis(L.) Koel.slender f.ischaemum(Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl.smooth c.sanguinalis(L.) Scop.crabgrassDistichlisRaf.saltgrassspicata(L.) Greeneseashore s.stricta(Torr.) Rydb.inland s.EchinochloaBeauv.cockspurcrusgalli(L.) Beauv.barnyardgrassvar.frumentacea(Roxb.) W. F. WightjapanesemilletEleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.goosegrassElymusL.wildryearenaniusL.European dune w.canadensisL.Canada w.caput-medusaeL.medusahead w.chinensis(Trin.) Keng [A. pseudo-agropyron(Griseb.) Franch.][22]Chinese w.cinereusScribn. & Merr.basin w.condensatusPreslgiant w.giganteusVahlmammoth w.glaucusBuckl.blue w.junceus[22]Fish.Russian w.macouniiVaseymacoun w.triticoidesBuckl.beardless w.villosusMuhl.hairy w.virginicusL.Virginia w.EragrostisBeauv.lovegrassbarrelieriDaveauMediterranean l.capillaris(L.) NeeslacegrasschloromelasSteud.boer l.cilianensis(All.) LutatistinkgrasscurtipedicellataBuckl.gummy l.curvula(Schrad.) Neesweeping l.frankiiC. A. Meyer ex Steud.sandbar l.hypnoides(Lam.) B.S.P.teal l.intermediaHitchc.plains l.lehmannianaNeeslehmann l.oxylepis(Torr.) Torr. (notE. secundifloraPresl as shown in older manuals)red l.pectinacea(Michx.) NeesCarolina l.pilosa(L.) Beauv.India l.poaeoidesBeauv. ex Roem. & Schult.little l.secundifloraPresl (seeE. oxylepis)sessilispicaBuckl.tumble l.spectabilis(Pursh) Steud.purple l.tef(Zuccagni) Trottertefftrichodes(Nutt.) Woodsand l.Eremochloa ophiuroides(Munro) Hack.centipedegrassErianthusMichx.plumegrassravennae(L.) Beauv.ravennagrassEriochloa contractaHitchc.prairie cupgrassEuchlaena mexicanaSchrad.teosinteFestucaL.fescuearizonicaVaseyArizona f.arundinaceaSchreb.tall f.elatiorL.meadow f.idahoensisElmerIdaho f.megaluraNutt.foxtail f.myurosL.rattail f.obtusaBielernodding f.octofloraWalt.sixweeks f.ovinaL.sheep f.var.duriuscula(L.) Kochhard f.paradoxaDesv.cluster f.rubraL.red f.var.commutataGaud.chewings f.scabrellaTorr.rough f.thurberiVaseythurber f.viridulaVaseygreen f.Gastridium ventricosum(Gouan) Schinz & Thell.nitgrassGlyceria striata(Lam.) Hitchc.fowl mannagrassGymnopogon ambiguus(Michx.) B.S.P.bearded skeletongrassHeteropogonPers.tangleheadcontortus(L.) Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.tangleheadmelanocarpus(Ell.) Benth.sweet t.HilariaH.B.K.hilariabelangeri(Steud.) Nashcurlymesquitejamesii(Torr.) Benth.galletamutica(Buckl.) Benth.tobosarigida(Thurb.) Benth.big galletaHolcus lanatusL.velvetgrassHordeumL.barleybrachyantherumNevskinorthern-meadow b.jubatumL.foxtail b.var.caespitosum(Scribn.) Hitchc.bobtail b.nodosumL.[23]meadow b.pusillumNutt.little b.vulgareL.barleyHyparrheniaAnderss. ex Stapfhyparrheniahirta(L.) Stapfthatchgrassrufa(Nees) StapfjaraguaHystrix patulaMoenchbottlebrushgrassImperata cylindrica(L.) Beauv.cogongrassKoeleria cristata(L.) Pers.prairie junegrassLeersiaSwartzcutgrasslenticularisMichx.catchflygrassoryzoides(L.) Swartzrice c.virginicaWilld.whitegrassLeptochloaBeauv.sprangletopdubia(H.B.K.) Neesgreen s.fascicularis(Lam.) A. Graybearded s.filiformis(Lam.) Beauv.red s.Leptoloma cognatum(Schult.) Chasefall witchgrassLoliumL.ryegrassmultiflorumLam.Italian r.perenneL.perennial r.temulentumL.darnelLycurus phleoidesH.B.K.wolftailManisurisL.jointtailcylindrica(Michx.) KuntzeCarolina j.tuberculosaNashFlorida j.MelicaL.melic; oniongrass[24]bulbosaGeyer ex Port. & Coult.oniongrassimperfectaTrin.coastrange m.muticaWalt.twoflower m.nitens(Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piperthreeflower m.porteriScribn.porter m.Melinis minutifloraBeauv.molassesgrassMiscanthus sinensisAnderss.Chinese silvergrassMuhlenbergiaSchreb.muhlyandina(Nutt.) Hitchc.foxtail m.arenicolaBuckl.sand m.asperifolia(Nees & Mey.) Parodialkali m.brachyphyllaBushnodding m.capillaris(Lam.) Trin.hairawn m.cuspidata(Torr.) Rydb.plains m.filiformis(Thurb.) Rydb.pullup m.foliosa(Roem. & Schult.) Trin.[25]leafy m.frondosa(Poir.) Fernaldwirestem m.var.mexicana(L.) Trin. formacommutata(Scribn.) Fernald (based onM. mexicanasubsp.commutataScribn.)bearded w. m.montana(Nutt.) Hitchc.mountain m.porteriScribn.porter m.pungensThurb.sandhill m.racemosa(Michx.) B.S.P.green m.schreberiGmel.nimblewillsobolifera(Muhl.) Trin.rock m.squarrosa(Trin.) Rydb.[26]mat m.sylvatica(Torr.) Torr.forest m.torreyi(Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bushring m.wrightiiVaseyspike m.Munroa squarrosa(Nutt.) Torr.falsebuffalograssNardus strictaL.matgrassOrcuttiaVaseyorcuttiaOryza sativaL.riceOryzopsisMichx.ricegrasshymenoides(Roem. & Schult.) RickerIndian r.miliacea(L.) Benth. & Hook. ex Aschers. & Schweinf.smilograssPanicumL.panicum; witchgrassagrostoidesSpreng.redtop p.ancepsMichx.beaked p.antidotaleRetz.blue p.bulbosumH.B.K.bulb p.capillareL.common w.var.occidentaleRydb.cushion w.depauperatumMuhl.stunted p.dichotomiflorumMichx.fall p.gatttingeriNashgattinger w.hillmaniChasehillman p.huachucaeAshehuachuca p.latifoliumL.wideleaf p.leibergii(Vasey) Scribn.leiberg p.lindheimeriNashlindheimer p.linearifoliumScribn.slimleaf p.malacophyllumNashsoftleaf p.maximumJacq.guineagrassmiliaceumL.prosoobtusumH.B.K.vinemesquiteperlongumNashelongate p.praecociusHitchc. & Chaseearly p.purpurascensRaddiparagrassramosumL.browntopmilletrepensL.torpedograssscopariumLam.velvet p.scribnerianumNashscribner p.sphaerocarponEll.roundseed p.tennesseenseAsheTennessee p.texanumBuckl.Texas p.villosissimumNashhairy p.virgatumL.switchgrasswerneriScribn.werner p.wilcoxianumVaseywilcox p.Pappophorum mucronulatumNeespappusgrassPaspalumL.paspalumciliatifoliumMichx.fringeleaf p.circulareNashroundseed p.dilatatumPoir.dallisgrassdistichumL.knotgrassfloridanumMichx.Florida p.var.glabratumEngelm. ex Vaseysmooth F. p.fluitans(Ell.) Kunthhorsetail p.laeveMichx.field p.lividumTrin.longtommalacophyllumTrin.ribbed p.notatumFlüggebahiagrassplicatulumMichx.brownseed p.pubiflorumRupr. ex Fourn.hairyseed p.repensBergius[27]horsetail p.stramineumNashsand p.urvilleiSteud.vaseygrassPennisetumL. Rich.pennisetumalopecuroides(L.) Spreng.Chinese p.ciliare(L.) LinkbuffelgrassclandestinumHochst. ex Chiov.kikuyugrassglaucum[28](L.) R. Br.pearlmilletpurpureumSchumachnapiergrassruppeliiSteud.[29]fountaingrassvillosumR. Br.feathertopPhalarisL.canarygrassarundinaceaL.reed c.canariensisL.canarygrasscarolinianaWalt.Carolina c.minorRetz.littleseed c.tuberosaL.bulb c.var.stenoptera(Hack.) Hitchc.hardinggrassPhleumL.timothyalpinumL.alpine t.pratenseL.timothyPhragmites communisTrin.common reedPoaL.bluegrassamplaMerr.big b.annuaL.annual b.arachniferaTorr.Texas b.aridaVaseyplains b.bulbosaL.bulbous b.canbyi(Scribn.) Pipercanby b.chapmanianaScribn.chapman b.compressaL.Canada b.fendleriana(Steud.) Vaseymutton b.nevadensisVasey ex Scribn.Nevada b.pratensisL.Kentucky b.scabrella(Thurb.) Benth. ex Vaseypine b.secundaPreslrough b.sylvestrisA. Graywoodland b.trivialisL.roughstalk b.Polypogon monspeliensis(L.) Desf.rabbitfoot polypogonPuccinellia airoides(Nutt.) Wats. & Coult.nuttall alkaligrassRedfieldia flexuosa(Thurb) VaseyblowoutgrassRhynchelytrum roseum[30](Nees) Stapf and Hubb. ex BewsnatalgrassSaccharum officinarumL.sugarcaneSchedonnardus paniculatus(Nutt.) Trel.tumblegrassScleropogon brevifoliusPhil.burrograssSecaleL.ryecerealeL.ryemontanumGuss.mountain r.SetariaBeauv.bristlegrass; millet[31]faberiiHerrm.giant b.[32]geniculata(Lam.) Beauv.knotroot b.italica(L.) Beauv.foxtail m.lutescens(Weigel) Hubb.[33]yellow b.[32]macrostachyaH.B.K.plains b.verticillata(L.) Beauv.hooked b.viridis(L.) Beauv.green b.[32]Sitanion hystrix(Nutt.) J. G. Smithbottlebrush squirreltailSorghastrum nutans(L.) NashindiangrassSorghumMoench[34]sorghumhalepense( L.) Pers.johnsongrassvar.almumParodi[35]sorghum almumbicolor(L.) Moench.sorghumvar.drummondii(Nees) Hack. ex Chiov.chickencornvar.sudanenseHitchc.sudangrassvar.technicum(Koern.) Jav.broomcornSpartinaSchreb.cordgrassalternifloraLoisel.smooth c.cynosuroides(L.) Rothbig c.gracilisTrin.alkali c.patens(Ait.) Muhl.marshhay c.pectinataLinkprairie c.SphenopholisScribn.wedgescaleintermedia(Rydb.) Rydb.slender w.obtusata(Michx.) Scribn.prairie w.SporobolusR. Br.dropseed; sacatonairoides(Torr.) Torr.alkali s.asper(Michx.) Kunthtall d.var.hookeri(Trin.) Vaseymeadow t.d.var.pilosus(Vasey) Hitchc.hairy t.d.clandestinus(Bieler) Hitchc.hidden d.cryptandrus(Torr.) A. Graysand d.flexuosus(Thurb.) Rydb.mesa d.giganteusNashgiant d.heterolepis(A. Gray) A. Grayprairie d.interruptusVaseyblack d.neglectusNashpuffsheath d.poiretii(Roem. & Schult.) Hitchc.rattail smutgrasspyramidatus(Lam.) Hitchc.whorled d.texanusVaseyTexas d.vaginiflorus(Torr.) Woodpoverty d.wrightiiMunro ex Scribn.sacatonStenotaphrum secundatum(Walt.) KuntzeSt. augustinegrassStipaL.needlegrasscernuaStebbins & Lovenodding n.columbianaMacounsubalpine n.comataTrin. & Rupr.needleandthreadleucotrichaTrin. & Rupr.Texas n.neomexicana(Thurb.) Scribn.New Mexico feathergrassoccidentalisThurb.western n.pulchraHitchc.purple n.robusta(Vasey) Scribn.sleepygrasssparteaTrin.porcupinegrassviridulaTrin.green n.XStiporyzopsis caduca(Beal) B. L. Johnson & Rogler (Oryzopsis hymenoidesXStipa viridula)Mandan ricegrassThemeda triandraForsk.themedaTragusHall.burgrassTrichachneNeescottontopcalifornica(Benth.) ChaseArizona c.patensSwallenTexas c.TrichlorisFourn.trichlorismendocina(Phil.) Kurtz[36]twoflower t.plurifloraFourn.fourflower t.TridensRoem. & Schult.tridensalbescens(Vasey) Woot. & Standl.white t.elongatus(Buckl.) Nashrough t.flavus(L.) Hitchc.purpletopmuticus(Torr.) Nashslim t.pilosus(Buckl.) Hitchc.hairy t.pulchellus(H.B.K.) Hitchc.fluffgrassstrictus(Nutt.) Nashlongspike t.Triplasis purpurea(Walt.) Chapm.purple sandgrassTripsacum dactyloides(L.) L.eastern gamagrassTrisetumPers.trisetumflavescens(L.) Beauv.yellow t.spicatum(L.) Richt.spike t.TriticumL.wheataestivumL.common w.dicoccumSchrankemmerdurumDesf.durum w.monococcumL.einkornturgidumL.poulard w.UniolaL.uniolalatifoliaMichx.broadleaf u.sessilifloraPoir.longleaf u.Zea maysL.cornZizania aquaticaL.wildriceZizaniopsis miliacea(Michx.) Doell & Aschers.southern wildriceZoysiaWilld.zoysiajaponicaSteud.Japanese lawngrassmatrella(L.) Merr.[37]manillagrasstenuifoliaWilld. ex. Trin.mascarenegrassFOOTNOTES:[9]Agropyron cristatumandA. desertorumare part of a complex that includes several other species.[10]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[11]A complex.[12]Bothriochloa intermedia(R. Brown) A. Camus (a complex) of Harlan & Celerier, Okla. Tech. Bul. T-72.[13]Bothriochloa ischaemum(L.) Keng. var.ischaemumof Harlan & Celerier, Okla. Tech. Bul. T-72.[14]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[15]A complex, includingB. californicusNutt. ex Buckl.,B. marginatusNees,B. maritimus(Piper) Hitchc., andB. polyanthusScribn.[16]IncludesB. richardsoniLink.[17]In written material in whichB. inermisis the onlyBromusspecies discussed, its common name may be shortened to brome.[18]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[19]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[20]Spp. with stiff spreading spikes are called windmillgrass.[21]The name “fingergrass” applied to erect spp.[22]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[23]The nameH. nodosumhas generally been misapplied toH. brachyantherumin this country.[24]The name “oniongrass” applied to those spp. with bulblike stem bases.[25]M. foliosais a name formerly applied toM. mexicana.M. mexicanawas then misapplied to the recently recognizedM. frondosa(Poir.) Fernald, which it resembles.[26]Considered to be a form ofM. richardsonis(Trin.) Rydb., see 1951 ed. of Hitchcock’s manual, p. 382.[27]Listed asP. fluitans(Ell.) Kunth on p. 602 of Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[28]Listed asP. typhoides, Stapf and Hubbard, page 74 USDA Handbook 170, “Grass varieties in the U.S.,” June, 1965.[29]Older name, now listed asP. setaceum, p. 729 in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[30]Included inTricholaenain some manuals.[31]In some areas certainSetariaspp. have been called foxtail, but to avoid confusion, that common name should be reserved to the genusAlopecurus.[32]These three species are sometimes called foxtail.[33]Listed asS. glauca(L.) Beauv. in Gray’s Manual, 8th Ed. p. 226, and on p. 235, Vol. I, of the New Britton & Brown, 1952.[34]Listed asSorgumAdans. in Gray’s Manual, 8th Ed. p. 234, and on p. 244 in Vol. I of the New Britton & Brown, 1952.[35]Sorghum almumis not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual. Parodi, in his 1943 paper, concluded that it must have originated as a hybrid betweenS. halepenseand some other sorghum.[36]Listed on p. 530 of Hitchcock’s 1951 manual asT. crinita(Lag.) Parodi.[37]Z. pungensWilld. in some manuals.
FOOTNOTES:[9]Agropyron cristatumandA. desertorumare part of a complex that includes several other species.[10]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[11]A complex.[12]Bothriochloa intermedia(R. Brown) A. Camus (a complex) of Harlan & Celerier, Okla. Tech. Bul. T-72.[13]Bothriochloa ischaemum(L.) Keng. var.ischaemumof Harlan & Celerier, Okla. Tech. Bul. T-72.[14]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[15]A complex, includingB. californicusNutt. ex Buckl.,B. marginatusNees,B. maritimus(Piper) Hitchc., andB. polyanthusScribn.[16]IncludesB. richardsoniLink.[17]In written material in whichB. inermisis the onlyBromusspecies discussed, its common name may be shortened to brome.[18]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[19]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[20]Spp. with stiff spreading spikes are called windmillgrass.[21]The name “fingergrass” applied to erect spp.[22]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[23]The nameH. nodosumhas generally been misapplied toH. brachyantherumin this country.[24]The name “oniongrass” applied to those spp. with bulblike stem bases.[25]M. foliosais a name formerly applied toM. mexicana.M. mexicanawas then misapplied to the recently recognizedM. frondosa(Poir.) Fernald, which it resembles.[26]Considered to be a form ofM. richardsonis(Trin.) Rydb., see 1951 ed. of Hitchcock’s manual, p. 382.[27]Listed asP. fluitans(Ell.) Kunth on p. 602 of Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[28]Listed asP. typhoides, Stapf and Hubbard, page 74 USDA Handbook 170, “Grass varieties in the U.S.,” June, 1965.[29]Older name, now listed asP. setaceum, p. 729 in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.[30]Included inTricholaenain some manuals.[31]In some areas certainSetariaspp. have been called foxtail, but to avoid confusion, that common name should be reserved to the genusAlopecurus.[32]These three species are sometimes called foxtail.[33]Listed asS. glauca(L.) Beauv. in Gray’s Manual, 8th Ed. p. 226, and on p. 235, Vol. I, of the New Britton & Brown, 1952.[34]Listed asSorgumAdans. in Gray’s Manual, 8th Ed. p. 234, and on p. 244 in Vol. I of the New Britton & Brown, 1952.[35]Sorghum almumis not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual. Parodi, in his 1943 paper, concluded that it must have originated as a hybrid betweenS. halepenseand some other sorghum.[36]Listed on p. 530 of Hitchcock’s 1951 manual asT. crinita(Lag.) Parodi.[37]Z. pungensWilld. in some manuals.
[9]Agropyron cristatumandA. desertorumare part of a complex that includes several other species.
[10]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[11]A complex.
[12]Bothriochloa intermedia(R. Brown) A. Camus (a complex) of Harlan & Celerier, Okla. Tech. Bul. T-72.
[13]Bothriochloa ischaemum(L.) Keng. var.ischaemumof Harlan & Celerier, Okla. Tech. Bul. T-72.
[14]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[15]A complex, includingB. californicusNutt. ex Buckl.,B. marginatusNees,B. maritimus(Piper) Hitchc., andB. polyanthusScribn.
[16]IncludesB. richardsoniLink.
[17]In written material in whichB. inermisis the onlyBromusspecies discussed, its common name may be shortened to brome.
[18]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[19]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[20]Spp. with stiff spreading spikes are called windmillgrass.
[21]The name “fingergrass” applied to erect spp.
[22]Not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[23]The nameH. nodosumhas generally been misapplied toH. brachyantherumin this country.
[24]The name “oniongrass” applied to those spp. with bulblike stem bases.
[25]M. foliosais a name formerly applied toM. mexicana.M. mexicanawas then misapplied to the recently recognizedM. frondosa(Poir.) Fernald, which it resembles.
[26]Considered to be a form ofM. richardsonis(Trin.) Rydb., see 1951 ed. of Hitchcock’s manual, p. 382.
[27]Listed asP. fluitans(Ell.) Kunth on p. 602 of Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[28]Listed asP. typhoides, Stapf and Hubbard, page 74 USDA Handbook 170, “Grass varieties in the U.S.,” June, 1965.
[29]Older name, now listed asP. setaceum, p. 729 in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual.
[30]Included inTricholaenain some manuals.
[31]In some areas certainSetariaspp. have been called foxtail, but to avoid confusion, that common name should be reserved to the genusAlopecurus.
[32]These three species are sometimes called foxtail.
[33]Listed asS. glauca(L.) Beauv. in Gray’s Manual, 8th Ed. p. 226, and on p. 235, Vol. I, of the New Britton & Brown, 1952.
[34]Listed asSorgumAdans. in Gray’s Manual, 8th Ed. p. 234, and on p. 244 in Vol. I of the New Britton & Brown, 1952.
[35]Sorghum almumis not listed in Hitchcock’s 1951 manual. Parodi, in his 1943 paper, concluded that it must have originated as a hybrid betweenS. halepenseand some other sorghum.
[36]Listed on p. 530 of Hitchcock’s 1951 manual asT. crinita(Lag.) Parodi.
[37]Z. pungensWilld. in some manuals.