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Manual Of The Grasses Of The United States, Second Edition, A. S. Hitchcock, Agnes Chase
Manual Of The Grasses Of The United States, Second Edition, A. S. Hitchcock, Agnes Chase
United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
By the late A. S. HITCHCOCK (died December 16, 1935), principal botanist, Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction; second edition revised by AGNES CHASE, formerly senior botanist and later collaborator, Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agnculturat Engineering, Agricultural Research Administration, and research associate, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Of all the plants of the earth the grasses are of the greatest use to the human race. To the grasses belong the cereals, sugarcane, sorghum, and the bamboos; and, since they furnish the bulk of the forage for domestic animals, the grasses are …
Manual Of The Grasses Of The United States, A. S. Hitchcock
Manual Of The Grasses Of The United States, A. S. Hitchcock
United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
Introduction 1
Uses of grasses 1
Distribution of grasses 5
Morphology of grasses 6
Classification of grasses 10
Nomenclature 12
Common names 14
Scope of the manual 14
Gramineae (Poaceae), the grass family 15
Descriptions of the subfamilies and keys to the tribes 16
Subfamily 1. Festucoideae 16
Subfamily 2. Panicoideae 17
Descriptions of the tribes and keys to the genera 17
Tribe 1. Bambuseae 17
Tribe 2. Festuceae 17
Tribe 3. Hordeae 20
Tribe 4. Aveneae 21
Tribe 5. Agrostideae 22
Tribe 6. Zovsieae 24
Tribe 7. Chlorideae 24
Tribe 8. Phalarideae. 25
Tribe 9. Oryzeae 25
Tribe 10. …