. 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. SLENDEK 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 m
. 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. SLENDEK 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. Fig. 76. Slender Spiked FeBcuc. Fig. 77. 9*. 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, J. E. Tilton
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