A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . 4 inchlong, the spikelets appressed, 5 to 8 ineach spike. Prairies and plains, fromOntario to Montana and south throughMexico to South 218 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES There are many other species in the southwestern states andin Mexico, but the 3 described above are the best-known economicspecies. 245. Bulbilis Raf.—Buffalo-grass. The single species,B. dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. (Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.)Engelm.) (Figs. 48 and 49), a common and often thedominant grass on the Great Plains, is a lo
A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . 4 inchlong, the spikelets appressed, 5 to 8 ineach spike. Prairies and plains, fromOntario to Montana and south throughMexico to South 218 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES There are many other species in the southwestern states andin Mexico, but the 3 described above are the best-known economicspecies. 245. Bulbilis Raf.—Buffalo-grass. The single species,B. dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. (Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.)Engelm.) (Figs. 48 and 49), a common and often thedominant grass on the Great Plains, is a low stoloniferousperennial that forms a firm sod. The staminate inflores-cence consists of 2 or 3 short 1-sided spikes on a culm afew inches high; the pistillate spikes are hidden amongthe leaves near the ground.
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