Contents & Index

Index

Table of Contents

Introduction ………………………… 1

Acknowledgment ………………… 2

Establishing Grass Stands … 3

Seed Certification …………….… 7

Inflorescences …………………… 9

Inflorescence Key ………….…. 10

Spikelet, Floret and Seed .... 12

Seed Identification Key …... 13

Vegetative Characteristics ….. 15

Vegetative Key ................…...... 16

Sub-Families and Tribes .….. 19

Plant Descriptions ……….…... 20

Native Grasses ……………….….. 21

Introduced Grasses …………... 95

Weedy Grasses ………………….. 133

Glossary ……………………………. 155

Index ……………………….......….. 160

Achnatherum
hymenoides	............................................................	21
Agropyron
cristatum	............................................................	95
Agrostis
gigantea	............................................................	97
alkali sacaton	............................................................	91
Alopecurus
arundinaceus	............................................................	99
Andropogon
gerardii	............................................................	23
Avena
fatua	............................................................	133
barnyard grass	............................................................	141
bluegrass
big	............................................................	77
bulbous	............................................................	151
Canada	............................................................	121
Kentucky	............................................................	123
Sandberg	............................................................	79
bigstem
big	............................................................	23
little	............................................................	85
sand	............................................................	23
bottlebrush squirreltail	............................................................	43
Bouteloua
curtipendula	............................................................	25
dactyloides	............................................................	27
gracilis	............................................................	29
bristlegrass
green	............................................................	153
yellow	............................................................	153
Brome
downy	............................................................	139
meadow	............................................................	103
mountain	............................................................	31
smooth	............................................................	101
Japanese	............................................................	135
hairy chess	............................................................	137
Bromus
arvensis	............................................................	135
inermis	............................................................	101
marginatus	............................................................	31
racemosus	............................................................	137
riparius	............................................................	103
tectorum	............................................................	139
buffalograss	............................................................	27
Calamovilfa
longifolia	............................................................	33
common reedgrass	............................................................	75
cordgrass
alkali	............................................................	89
prairie	............................................................	89
creeping meadow foxtail	............................................................	99
Dactylis
glomerata	............................................................	105
Deschampsia
caespitosa	............................................................	35
Distichlis
spicata	............................................................	37
Echinochloa
crus-gali	............................................................	141
Elymus
canadensis	............................................................	39
caninus	............................................................	41
dahuricus	............................................................	107
elymoides	............................................................	43
glaucus	............................................................	45
hoffmanii	............................................................	109
lanceolatus	............................................................	47
trachycaulus	............................................................	49
Elytrigia
repens	............................................................	143
Eragrostis
cilianensis	............................................................	145
fescue
hard	............................................................	111
rough	............................................................	51
Idaho	............................................................	53
sheep	............................................................	111
spike	............................................................	61
tall	............................................................	127
Festuca
campestris	............................................................	51
idahoensis	............................................................	53
ovina	............................................................	111
foxtail barley	............................................................	147
grama
blue	............................................................	29
sideoats	............................................................	25
green needlegrass	............................................................	67
Hesperostipa
comata	............................................................	55
Hierochloa
odorata	............................................................	57

Hordeum
jubatum	.....................................................................	147
inland saltgrass	.....................................................................	37
Indiangrass	.....................................................................	87
Indian ricegrass	.....................................................................	21
Koeleria
macrantha	.....................................................................	59
Leucopoa
kingii	.....................................................................	61
Leymus
angustus	.....................................................................	113
cinereus	.....................................................................	63
racemosus	.....................................................................	115
triticoides	.....................................................................	65
Lolium
perenne	.....................................................................	117
Nassella
viridula	.....................................................................	67
needle and thread	.....................................................................	55
Nuttall's alkaligrass	.....................................................................	83
orchardgrass	.....................................................................	105
Panicum
capillare	.....................................................................	149
virgatum	.....................................................................	69
Pascopyrum
smithii	.....................................................................	71
perennial ryegrass	.....................................................................	117
Phalaris
arundinacea	.....................................................................	73
Phleum
pretense	.....................................................................	119
Phragmites
australis	.....................................................................	75
Poa
bulbosa	.....................................................................	151
compressa	.....................................................................	121
pratensis	.....................................................................	123
secunda/ampla	............................................................	77
secunda	.....................................................................	79
prairie junegrass	.....................................................................	59
prairie sandreed	.....................................................................	33
Psathyrostachys
juncuea	.....................................................................	125
Pseudoroegneria
spicata	.....................................................................	81
Puccinellia
nuttalliana	.....................................................................	83
quackgrass	.....................................................................	143
redtop	.....................................................................	97
reed canarygrass	.....................................................................	73
Schedonorus
phoenix	.....................................................................	127
Schizachyrium
scoparium	.....................................................................	85
Seteria
viridis	.....................................................................	153
Sorghastrum
nutans	.....................................................................	87
Spartina
pectinata	.....................................................................	89
Sporobolus
airoides	.....................................................................	91
cryptandrus	.....................................................................	93
stinkgrass	.....................................................................	145
sweetgrass	.....................................................................	57
switchgrass	.....................................................................	69
Thinopyrum
intermedium	.....................................................................	129
ponticum	.....................................................................	131
timothy	.....................................................................	119
tufted hairgrass	.....................................................................	35
wheatgrass
bearded	.....................................................................	41
bluebunch	.....................................................................	81
crested	.....................................................................	95
desert	.....................................................................	95
hybrid	.....................................................................	109
intermediate	.....................................................................	129
Siberian	.....................................................................	95
slender	.....................................................................	49
tall	.....................................................................	131
thickspike	.....................................................................	47
western	.....................................................................	71
wild oats	.....................................................................	133
wildrye
Altai	.....................................................................	113
basin	.....................................................................	63
beardless	.....................................................................	65
blue	.....................................................................	45
Canada	.....................................................................	39
mammoth	.....................................................................	15
Dahurian	.....................................................................	107
Russian	.....................................................................	125
witchgrass	.....................................................................	149