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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT.
ANTHOXANTHUM, L. SWEET VERNAL GRASS.
A. ODORATUM, L.
Fields and meadows; becoming common. Naturalized from Europe.
HIEROCHLOE, Gmelin. SWEET GRASS.
H. borealis, Roem. & Schultes. Oak, Rest. etc. Bic. 1
Borders of salt or brackish meadows and marshes. Bass Harbor; Southwest Harbor; Little Harbor; Seal Harbor; Northeast Meadow; Thomas Bay; Cranberry Isles; Duck Islands, and elsewhere. Much used by the Indians for basket work.
STIPA, L. FEATHER GRASS.
S. Macounii, Scribner.* S. Richardsonii, Gray, non Link. Gray, Man., 6th ed., 641.
Rare. Burnt woods, Youngs District (Rand, E. Faxon);—wood clearings, Somesville (M. L. Fernald).
ORYZOPSIS, Mx. MOUNTAIN RICE.
O. asperifolia, Mx.
Dry woods and clearings; not uncommon.
MUHLENBERGIA, Schreb. DROP-SEED GRASS.
M. glomerata (Willd.), Trin.
Infrequent. Damp field, Northeast Harbor (Rand);—Long Pond meadows (Redfield);—Sargent Mt.; Beech Mt. Notch; shore, Jordan Pond (Rand).
*M. diffusa, Schreb.
"In abundance," western slope of Green Mt. (Arnold Greene).
BRACHYELYTRUM, Beauv.
B. aristatum (Pers.), Beauv.
Low woods throughout the Island; frequent, but not abundant.
* Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, xix. 154.