. California grasslands and range forage grasses. Grasses; Forage plants. Fig. 102. Sloughgrass (Beckmannia syzigachne). cycle in a short time following favorable rains. Forage value: Six weeks grama is pal- atable to all livestock, but contributes to the forage crop only for short, irregular periods depending on moisture condi- tions. 36. SLOUGHGRASS (BECKMANNIA SYZIGACHNE) Sloughgrass is a stout lush leafy an- nual, 1-31/! ft (30-100 cm) tall, with numerous short spikes short-peduncled on an erect axis 4-10 in (10-25 cm) long; spikelets 1-flowered, 3 mm long, about as wide, falling entire; g
. California grasslands and range forage grasses. Grasses; Forage plants. Fig. 102. Sloughgrass (Beckmannia syzigachne). cycle in a short time following favorable rains. Forage value: Six weeks grama is pal- atable to all livestock, but contributes to the forage crop only for short, irregular periods depending on moisture condi- tions. 36. SLOUGHGRASS (BECKMANNIA SYZIGACHNE) Sloughgrass is a stout lush leafy an- nual, 1-31/! ft (30-100 cm) tall, with numerous short spikes short-peduncled on an erect axis 4-10 in (10-25 cm) long; spikelets 1-flowered, 3 mm long, about as wide, falling entire; glumes broad, somewhat inflated and trans- versely wrinkled; floret narrow, boat- shaped, acuminate. (Fig. 102.) Distribution and habitat: Sloughgrass grows in wet places, along sloughs, and in adobe meadows, from Mono County north in the Sierra Nevada, and in the Coast Range from San Francisco Bay northward. It ranges from sea level to 6500 ft. (Fig. 100.) Forage value and reproduction: Cattle and horses graze the grass rather closely throughout the season, and it has a higher preference rating than the associated rushes and sedges. Sheep relish the herb- age before it becomes coarse, but make little use of it because of its wet habitat. Stands produce a large viable seed crop. 37. BERMUDAGRASS (CYNODON DACTYLON) Bermudagrass is a perennial, exten- sively creeping by scaly rhizomes or strong flat stolons; flowering culms flat, wiry, and leafy, 4-15 in (10-40 cm) tall; spikelets small, 1-flowered, flat, sessile, in slender digitate spikes, cm long; lemma slightly longer than the glumes, the rachilla prolonged behind the palea as a slender bristle. (Fig. 103.) Distribution and habitat: Bermuda-. Fig. 103. Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon). [107]. 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 Sampson, Art
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