. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 16.—Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). Fig. 17. -Rough-stalked meadow grass (Poa trivialis). 12. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis; fig. 16). A dark-green perennial, creeping by rootstocks and forming a dense turf; leaves folded in the bud; collar narrow, glabrous; auricles none, ligule membranous, very short, truncate, entire; sheaths green, smooth, com- pressed ; blade long, linear, less than one-eighth inch wide, the tip abrupt pointed like the bow of a boat, dark green, but with two light lines along the midn
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 16.—Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). Fig. 17. -Rough-stalked meadow grass (Poa trivialis). 12. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis; fig. 16). A dark-green perennial, creeping by rootstocks and forming a dense turf; leaves folded in the bud; collar narrow, glabrous; auricles none, ligule membranous, very short, truncate, entire; sheaths green, smooth, com- pressed ; blade long, linear, less than one-eighth inch wide, the tip abrupt pointed like the bow of a boat, dark green, but with two light lines along the midnerve when viewed by transmitted light; rootstocks slender, branch- ing, producing tufts with several shoots. 13. Hough-stalked meadow grass (Poa trivialis; fig. 17). A dark-green, glabrous perennial, creeping by stolons; leaves folded in the bud; collar wide, glabrous; auricles none; ligule long, membranous, toothed at apex; sheaths compressed, closed, rough to the touch; blades. 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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