. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. The Book of Grasses. Fescue, whose narrow panicles rise above tufts of bristle-like gray-green leaves, are the smallest of all, and are usually found in .^.,,, , ^, dry locations. The latter species is distinguished by slightly longer flower- ing-heads, more numer- A ously flowered spikelets, / and longer awns. The stems of both '^ / these grasses are usually about a foot in / height, or in sterile soil they are often / much smaller, though one occasionally I finds a tall variety of
. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. The Book of Grasses. Fescue, whose narrow panicles rise above tufts of bristle-like gray-green leaves, are the smallest of all, and are usually found in .^.,,, , ^, dry locations. The latter species is distinguished by slightly longer flower- ing-heads, more numer- A ously flowered spikelets, / and longer awns. The stems of both '^ / these grasses are usually about a foot in / height, or in sterile soil they are often / much smaller, though one occasionally I finds a tall variety of Sheep's Fescue which bears a more open panicle and larger spikelets. Red Fescue is locally common by waysides and is found in the shade as well as in the sun- light. Like the two t>receding species it has a profusion of involute basal leaves, but unlike them it springs from extensively creeping root- stocks and so is one of the useful soil-binders on drier slopes. This species is variable and is perhaps most easily recognized by the tufts of bristle-like, dark leaves which surround the base of the stems. The most common of the genus is the Meadow Fescue, which was introduced from Europe many years ago. For so tall a grass the smooth stems are quite slender, and with their tapering, shining leaves are a wide contrast to Timothy, which begins to bloom before the Meadow Fescue has faded, and is so often asso- ciated with it in the fields. The long spikelets of Meadow Fescue are green, frequently tinged with reddish purple, and in bloom the flowers for a short time are broadly open, giving delicacy to the one-sided, drooping panicle, which after flowering is narrow and closely contracted. Rocky woodlands in nearly all the states shelter the Nodding Fescue (Fesiuca nutans), 218. 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 th
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