. Grasses and forage plants. A practical treatise. Comprising their natural history comparative nutritive value; methods of cultivating, cutting, and curing; and the management of grass lands in the United States and British Provinces. Grasses; Forage plants. SLBNDEB SPIKED FESCUE. 101 growing naturally in shady woods, and moist, stiflF soils. Cattle are very fond of it. Said by some to be iden- tical with the meadow fescue. The Slender Spiked Fes- cue {Festuca loliacea), Fig. 76, is a species nearly allied to the tall fescue, and pos- sesses much the same qual- ities. It grows naturally in mo
. Grasses and forage plants. A practical treatise. Comprising their natural history comparative nutritive value; methods of cultivating, cutting, and curing; and the management of grass lands in the United States and British Provinces. Grasses; Forage plants. SLBNDEB SPIKED FESCUE. 101 growing naturally in shady woods, and moist, stiflF soils. Cattle are very fond of it. Said by some to be iden- tical with the meadow fescue. The Slender Spiked Fes- cue {Festuca loliacea), Fig. 76, is a species nearly allied to the tall fescue, and pos- sesses much the same qual- ities. It grows naturally in moist, rich meadows, forming a good, permanent pasture grass; but it is met with only very rarely among American grasses, and is of little value for cultivation. Fig. 77 shows a magnified flower of it. The Nodding Fescue {Festuca nutans) is also rarely met with in rocky woods. Panicle diffuse, composed of several long, slender branches, generally* in pairs, nodding when ripe. Flowers close together; leaves dark green, often hairy; stem two to four feet high. From New England to Wisconsin and Minneso- ta, and thence northward and westward. rig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889; Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889. Practical treatise on grasses and forage plants. Boston, W. F. Gill
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