Ibrahim, Kamal

Grasses of Washington, D.C. / Kamal M. Ibrahim and Paul M. Peterson. - viii, 128 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. - Smithsonian contributions to botany ; no. 99 . - Smithsonian contributions to botany ; no. 99. .

Includes bibliographical references (page [121]) and indexes.

List of figures -- Introduction. Morphological characters ; Identification ; Acknowledgements -- Vegatative key to the grasses of Washington, D.C. -- Descriptions -- Glossary of terms -- References -- Index of common names -- Index of scientific names.

"A vegetative key, descriptions, and illustrations for the identification of 182 native and naturalized grasses that occur in Washington, D.C., are presented. In addition, we provide a glossary of terms and indexes to scientific and common names. The key is based on vegetative characters to allow identification of specimens that primarily do not have flowering structures (inflorescences and spikelets)."--Abstract.



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Grasses--Washington (D.C.)--Identification.

QK495.G74 / I25 2014

584/.909753

QK495.G74 / I26 2014

0910-E

SI 1.29: 99