Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1871. [electronic resource]

Volume 4, 1871

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Appendix D.

List of Naturalized Grasses found in Canterbury. By J. F. Armstrong.

1.	Phleum pratense, Linn. Timothy grass. Widely distributed.
2.	Alopecurus agrestis, Linn. Annual. Fox-tail grass. Rare.
3.	" pratensis, Linn. Meadow Fox-tail grass.
4.	Phalaris canariensis, Linn. Annual. Canary grass. Rare.
5.	Holcus mollis, Linn. Creeping Fog grass. Rare.
6.	" lanatus, Linn. Yorkshire Fog grass. Common.
7.	Anthoxanthum odoratum, Linn. Sweet Vernal. Common.
8.	Panicum colonum, Linn. Annual. Rare.
9.	" glaucum, Linn.? Annual. Rare.
10.	" sanguinale, Linn. Annual. Rather common.
11.	Agrostis vulgaris, With. Bent grass.
12.	Avena sativa, Linn. Common Oat. Annual. Common.
13.	" fatua, Linn. Wild Oat. Annual. Rare.
14.	Poa trivialis, Linn. Rough Meadow grass. Rare.
15.	" annua, Linn. Annual. Very common.
16.	" nemoralis, Linn. Wood Meadow grass. Rare.
17.	" pratensis, Linn. Meadow grass. Common.
18.	" pratensis, var. angustifolia. Common
19.	Briza minor, Linn. Annual. Quaking grass. Rare.
20.	Cynosurus cristatus, Linn. Crested Dog's-tail grass.
21.	Dactylis glomerata, Linn. Cock's-foot grass. Common.
22.	Bromus mollis, Linn. Annual. Soft Brome grass.
23.	" racemosus, Linn. Annual. Goose grass. Common.
24.	" madritensis, Linn. Annual. Italian Brome.
25.	" asper, Linn. Annual. Rough Brome grass.
26.	" unioloides, Kth. Annual.? Spreading fast.
27.	" schraderii, Kth. Prairie grass. Common.
28.	Lolium perenne, Linn. Ray grass. Common.
29.	" italicum, Linn. Italian Rye grass. Common.
30.	" multiflorum, Lam. Rare.
31.	" temulentum, Linn. Darnel. Common.
32.	" temulentum, var. ramosum. Rare.
33.	Triticum vulgare, Linn. Common Wheat. Rare.
34.	Hordeum sativum, Linn. Barley. Annual. Rare.
35.	" murinum, Linn. Wall Barley. Annual. Common.
36.	" maritimum, Linn. Sea-side Barley. Common.

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37.	Festuca ovina, Linn. Sheep's Fescue. Rare.
38.	" pratensis, Linn. Meadow Fescue. Very rare.
39.	" rubra, Linn. Red Fescue. Not common.
40.	Arrhenatherum avenaceum, Beauv. Oat grass. Rare.
41.	" bulbosum, Lind. Bulbous Oat grass. Very rare.
42.	Triticum repens, Linn. Creeping Wheat or Twitch.
43.	Hordeum distichum, L. Two-rowed Barley. Rare.

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