. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 130 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. This is an important range grass. Common on the Pacific slope is A. diegoensis Vasey, with creeping rhizomes, spreading panicles, and often awned spikelets. 'â 'iw-^. Two native species belonging to the group in which the palea is lacking are common in the eastern United States. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. is a woodland species with open panicle. Agrostis hiemalis (Walt.) B. S. P. (fig. 68) is a delicate open-ground species with very diffuse capillary pani- cle

This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 130 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. This is an important range grass. Common on the Pacific slope is A. diegoensis Vasey, with creeping rhizomes, spreading panicles, and often awned spikelets. 'â 'iw-^. Two native species belonging to the group in which the palea is lacking are common in the eastern United States. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. is a woodland species with open panicle. Agrostis hiemalis (Walt.) B. S. P. (fig. 68) is a delicate open-ground species with very diffuse capillary pani- cle, which at maturity breaks away from the plant as a tumble- weed. This species, called hair- grass and tickle grass, is found throughout the United States. Agrostis spica-venti L. (fig. 69), a European species, sparingly introduced in the Eastern States, has been made the type of a distinct genus, Apera, being distinguished by the prolongation of the rachilla and the long delicate awn from Fig. 68.âTickle grass, Agrostis Memalis. Plant, X i ; spikelet and floret, X 5.. 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 work.. United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.