. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 39 valne as a pasture grass, but furnishes a part of the hay on the drier second hot- torn meadows. It has the reputation of being very nutritious, and the condition of the stock pastured upon it bears out this idea fully. Laramie Plains, July 19 (3409); Pine Bluffs, July 6 (3619); Hillsdale, July 7 (3658); Woods Landing, August 7 (3909). Beckmannia erucaeformis Host. (Slough-grass, fig. 12).—A grass of the bogs and of the margins of ponds and irrigation canals; erect, well leafed, heads long and slender, seeds flat and la
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 39 valne as a pasture grass, but furnishes a part of the hay on the drier second hot- torn meadows. It has the reputation of being very nutritious, and the condition of the stock pastured upon it bears out this idea fully. Laramie Plains, July 19 (3409); Pine Bluffs, July 6 (3619); Hillsdale, July 7 (3658); Woods Landing, August 7 (3909). Beckmannia erucaeformis Host. (Slough-grass, fig. 12).—A grass of the bogs and of the margins of ponds and irrigation canals; erect, well leafed, heads long and slender, seeds flat and large, falling early and leaving the raohis bare almost as soon as it is mature. Probably of no special value, but in very wet ground it often constitutes a percep- tible part of the plants that are cut for liay. Much of it, however, can not be utilized, as it grows in places where it is not ac- cessible until so late in the season that it has lost its value for any purpose. North Fork Vermilion Creek, July 19 (3763); Ev- anston, July 27 (3831); Granger, July 30 (3881). Bulbilis dactyloides Raf. (Buffalo grass). — Low and matted, ordinarily only a few inches high; staminate and pistillate heads on separate culms. Not nearly so common as is generally supposed, for much of what passes for this is generally one of the species of Grama grass. They are, however, readily enough distinguished, es- pecially when they are headed out. On the open range these are all grazed down so closely that it be- comes difficult to recog- nize them. This grass occurs on the open plains, but especially in flat draws among the ridges of hills that intersect the plains at intervals. It has no sig-. FiR. 11.—Slender Cord-grass (Spartina gracilis): a, spikelet; b, floret. nificance except as a pas- ture grass, and there seems to be some foundation for the belief that it is gradu- ally disappearing from the range. Pine Bluff's, July 6 (3616). Eatonia obtusata Gray (Early Bunch-grass).—Soft, handsome,
Size: 1214px × 2058px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectforageplantsunitedst
