The New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Volume 1New York Botanical Garden, 1952 - Botany |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
3-nerved achene acuminate acute anthers anthesis apex appressed ascending awnless basal base beak bipinnate bracts branches bristles broadly brown Capsule Carex ciliate coastal plain conspicuously corolla Culms Culms cespitose cylindric densely elongate erect Eurasia exceeding Fern fertile lemma flat flowers fronds fruit glabrous grasses Gray green half as long indusia indusium inflorescence keel lanceolate leaves lemma ligule linear lobes margins Minn Moist narrow narrowly nearly nerves nodes numerous oblong obovate obovoid obtuse Ovary ovoid pale palea Panicle pedicels peduncles Perennial perianth Perianth-segments Perigynia perigynium petals pilose pinnae pinnules Pistillate scales Pistillate spikes plants Principal blades pubescent racemes rachis rarely rhizomes rounded Rydb scabrous scales ovate Scape scarious second glume segments sepals sessile sheaths short shorter slender soil solitary species Spikelets Sporangia spreading Stamens Staminate spike stem sterile lemma stipes stout subtended summit tall tapering terminal thick upper usually villous wide woods