Field Guide to Grasses of the Mid-Atlantic

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Guide

General Suggestions

Deciphering a Grass Entry

Parts of the Grass

Disarticulation

Roots and Rhizomes (Perennial versus Annual)

Illustrated Characteristics of Grass Parts

Some Unusual Grasses

General Key

Genera Keys

Agrostis

Aira

Alopecurus

Andropogon

Anthoxanthum

Aristida

Avena

Brachyelytrum

Briza

Bromus

Calamagrostis

Calamovilfa

Cenchrus

Chasmanthium

Cinna

Cynosurus

Danthonia

Deschampsia

Diarrhena

Dichanthelium

Digitaria

Echinochloa

Elymus

Eragrostis

Festuca and Schedonorus

Glyceria

Gymnopogon

Holcus

Hordeum

Leersia

Leptochloa

Lolium

Melica

Muhlenbergia

Panicum

Paspalum

Phalaris

Piptatherum

Poa

Puccinellia

Saccharum

Setaria

Sorghum

Spartina

Sphenopholis

Sporobolus

Urochloa

Vulpia

Zizania

References

Plant Index

Photo Credits

“Wide species coverage makes this a most useful guide on a topic rarely covered. It is appropriate for amateur plant enthusiasts; professionals will also find it appealing. The numerous excellent illustrations and icons for key couplets are very helpful.”

—Donna Ford-Werntz, curator of the West Virginia University Herbarium