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species of

Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area is a nature reserve near Owings Mills in western Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S. The site is designated both as a Maryland Wildland (1,526 acres) and as a Natural Environment Area (1,900 acres) and is ...

located in western Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Graminoids, within the order of Poales, include: grasses (Poaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae),

rush Rush(es) may refer to: Places United States * Rush, Colorado * Rush, Kentucky * Rush, New York * Rush City, Minnesota * Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois * Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream * Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...

es (Juncaceae), and cattails (Typhaceae).

Introduction

Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA, which totals of protected land, contains a

serpentine Serpentine may refer to: Shapes * Serpentine shape, a shape resembling a serpent * Serpentine curve, a mathematical curve * Serpentine, a type of riding figure Science and nature * Serpentine subgroup, a group of minerals * Serpentinite, a ...

barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.gsa.confex.com: Serpentine
/ref> The Graminoids list was developed using the following publications, with authors' acronyms indicated:
Fleming et al. 1995, Monteferrante 1973, Reed 1984, eWennerstrom 1995, and the unpublished data by oWorthley 1955-1985.

List of Graminoids of the Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area

;Division Magnoliophyta; Class Liliopsida— Monocotyledons; Order Poales.

Families

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
(Sedge Family)

*''Bulbostylis capillaris'' (L.) C.B. Clarke - Thread-leaf Beak-sedge o*'' Carex bicknellii'' Britt. - Bicknell's Sedge o*'' Carex bullata'' Schkuhr - Button Sedge

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*'' Carex caroliniana'' Schwein. - Carolina Sedge o*'' Carex cephalophora'' Muhl. - Oval-headed Sedge o*'' Carex complanata'' Torr. & Hook. - Hirsute Sedge

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*'' Carex convoluta'' Mackenzie? - *'' Carex flaccosperma'' Dewey - Thin-fruited Sedge

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*'' Carex hystericina'' Muhl. - Porcupine Sedge, Bottlebrush Sedge *'' Carex lupulina'' Muhl. - Hop Sedge o*'' Carex lurida'' Wahl. - Lurid Sedge, Sallow Sedge o*'' Carex nigromarginata'' Schwein. - Black-edge Sedge o*''

Carex pensylvanica ''Carex pensylvanica'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family commonly called Pennsylvania sedge (sometimes shortened to Penn sedge). Other common names include early sedge, common oak sedge, and yellow sedge. Distribution This pla ...

'' Lam. - Pennsylvania Sedge

*'' Carex richardsonii'' R. Br. - Richardson's Sedge *'' Carex rosea'' Schkuhr - Rosy Sedge, Stellate Sedge, Curly-Styled Wood Sedge

*'' Carex seorsa'' E.C. Howe - Weak Stellate Sedge *'' Carex swanii'' (Fern.) Mackenzie - Swan's Sedge, Downy Green Sedge o*'' Carex umbellata'' Schk. - Parasol Sedge, Early Oak Sedge *'' Cyperus esculentus'' L. - Yellow nutsedge o*'' Cyperus strigosus'' L.- Straw-colored Cyperus, Straw-colored Flat-sedge

*''Eleocharis tenuis'' (Willd.) Schultes - Kill Cow, Slender Spikerush

*''Eleocharis ovata'' (Roth) Roemer & Schultes - Blunt Spikerush, Ovate Spikerush o*''Fimbristylis annua'' (All.) Roemer & Schultes - Annual Fimbry

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*''Fimbristylis autumnalis'' (L.) R. & S. - Autumn Sedge, Slender Fimbry

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Rhynchospora ''Rhynchospora'' (beak-rush or beak-sedge) is a genus of about 400 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. The genus includes both annual and perennial species, mostly with erect 3-sided stems and 3-ranked leaves. The achenes bear a ...

alba'' (L.) Vahl - White Beak-rush

*'' Scirpus atrovirens'' Willd. - Black Bulrush, Dark Green Bulrush

*'' Scirpus cyperinus'' (L.) Kunth - Woolgrass o*'' Scirpus hattorianus'' Makino - Early Dark-green Bulrush, Mosquito Bulrush *'' Schoenoplectus validus'' (Vahl.) A. & D. Löve - Great Bulrush, Soft-stem Bulrush

*''Scleria pauciflora'' Muhl. ''ex'' Willd. - Carolina Whipgrass, Few-flower Nutrush

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Juncaceae (Rush Family)

*'' Juncus acuminatus'' Michx. - Tapertip Rush, Sharp-fruited Rush, Knotty Leaf Rush o*'' Juncus brevicaudatus'' (Engelm.) Fern. - Short-tailed Rush, Narrow-panicle Rush *'' Juncus bufonius'' L. - Toad Rush

*'' Juncus canadensis'' J. Gay - Canada Rush

*'' Juncus dichotomus'' Elliott (Syn. ''Juncus tenuis'' Willd. var. ''dichotomus'' (Elliott) A. Wood) - Forked Rush o*'' Juncus dudley'' Wiegand (Syn. ''Juncus tenuis'' Willd. var. ''dudleyi'' (Weig.) F.J. Herm.) - Dudley's Rush

*'' Juncus effusus'' L. - Common or

Soft rush ''Juncus effusus'', with the common names common rush or soft rush, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae. In North America, the common name soft rush also refers to '' Juncus interior''. Distribution '' ...

o*'' Juncus secundus'' Beauv. - Lopsided Rush, Nodding Rush

*'' Juncus subcaudatus'' (Engelm.) Conv. & Blake - Tailed Rush

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Juncus tenuis ''Juncus tenuis'', the slender rush, is a clump-forming, round-stemmed perennial in the Juncaceae (rush family). Slender rush grows to be between 15 and 60 cm tall. Generally considered a weed, it is rarely sold by retailers as a household ...

'' Willd. - Path Rush,

Slender rush ''Juncus tenuis'', the slender rush, is a clump-forming, round-stemmed perennial in the Juncaceae (rush family). Slender rush grows to be between 15 and 60 cm tall. Generally considered a weed, it is rarely sold by retailers as a household ...

, Poverty Rush, Field Rush

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Luzula ''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...

bulbosa'' (Wood.) Rydb. - Bulbous Woodrush o ----

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
(Grass Family)

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Agrostis gigantea ''Agrostis gigantea'', known by its common names black bent and redtop, is a perennial grass of the '' Agrostis'' genus. It is native to Europe, but in the cooler areas of North America was widely used as a pasture grass until the 1940s. Althoug ...

'' Roth - Redtop

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Agrostis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass. Species * '' Agrostis aequivalvi'' ...

hymenalis'' (Walter) BSP. - Tickle Grass

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hymenalis'' (Walter) BSP. var. ''scabra'' (Willd.) Blomq. - Tickle Grass *''

Agrostis perennans ''Agrostis perennans'', the upland bentgrass, upland bent, or autumn bent, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. Description This perennial bunchgrass grows in clumps without rhizomes or stolons, with erect stems growing ...

'' (Walt.) Tuckerman - Autumn or Upland Bent

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Andropogon gerardi ''Andropogon gerardi'', commonly known as big bluestem, is a species of tall grass native to much of the Great Plains and grassland regions of central and eastern North America. It is also known as tall bluestem, bluejoint, and turkeyfoot. Taxon ...

'' Vitman - Big Bluestem , M, We, Wo*'' Andropogon glomeratus'' (Walt.) B.S.P. var. ''glomeratus'' (Syn. ''Andropogon virginicus'' var. ''abbreviatus'') - Bushy Bluestem *''

Andropogon ''Andropogon'' ( common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands. Over 100 spec ...

gyrans'' Ashe - Elliott's Bluestem o*''

Andropogon virginicus ''Andropogon virginicus'' is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem and (in Australia, because it was introduced to that country after being used as packaging for bottles of American ...

'' L. - Broom-sedge e, Wo*''

Anthoxanthum odoratum ''Anthoxanthum odoratum'', known as sweet vernal grass, is a short-lived perennial grass that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant, due to its sweet scent, and can also be f ...

'' L. - Sweet Vernal Grass o*'' Aristida dichotoma'' Michx. - Poverty Grass, Three-awn Grass

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Aristida oligantha ''Aristida oligantha'' is a species of grass known by the common names prairie threeawn and oldfield threeawn. It is native to the United States and southern Canada, and it is known from northern Mexico. It is a grass of many types of habitat, a ...

'' Michx. - Prairie Three-awn o*'' Aristida purpurascens'' Poiret - Purple Three-awn

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Arrhenatherum elatius ''Arrhenatherum elatius'', with the common names bulbous oat grass, false oat-grass, tall oat-grass, tall meadow oat, onion couch and tuber oat-grass, is a species of perennial grass, native to Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. This bun ...

'' (L.) J & C.Presl. - Tall Oat Grass o*''

Brachyelytrum ''Brachyelytrum'' is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family, classified in its own tribe Brachyelytreae. Molecular phylogenetic study has indicated that ''Brachyelytrum'' is the earliest diverging lineage in the ...

erectum'' (Schreb.) Beauv. - Bearded Shorthusk o*''

Bromus commutatus ''Bromus commutatus'', the meadow brome, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the grass family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other ...

'' Schrader - Upright or Hairy Chess

*'' Bromus japonicus'' Thunb. - Japanese Bromegrass *'' Bromus pubescens'' Muhl. - Canada Brome o*'' Bromus secalinus'' L. - Chess, Cheat *''

Bromus tectorum ''Bromus tectorum'', known as downy brome, drooping brome or cheatgrass, is a winter annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, but has become invasive in many other areas. It now is present in most of Europe, southe ...

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Drooping Brome ''Bromus tectorum'', known as downy brome, drooping brome or cheatgrass, is a winter annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, but has become invasive in many other areas. It now is present in most of Europe, southe ...

, Downy Chess, Downy Brome o*''

Cinna arundinacea Cinna may refer to: * Cornelia gens#Cornelii Cinnae, Cornelii Cinnae, an ancient Roman family :* Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Roman consul four consecutive times in the 80s BC and at the time of his death the father-in-law of Julius Caesar :* Gnaeus Cor ...

'' L. - Stout Woodreed o*'' Cynodon dactylon'' (L.) Pers. - Bermuda Grass o*'' Dactylis glomerata'' L. - Orchard Grass , We, Wo*''

Danthonia ''Danthonia'' is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and American plants in the grass family. Members of this genus are sometimes referred to as oatgrass, but that common name is not restricted to this genus. Other common names include heathgra ...

sericea'' Nutt. - Downy Danthonia o*''

Danthonia spicata ''Danthonia spicata'' is a species of grass known by the common name poverty oatgrass, or simply poverty grass. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and common in many areas., Wo The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark () in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline o ...

*'' Deschampsia cespitosa'' (L.) Beauv. -

Tufted Hair-grass ''Deschampsia cespitosa'', commonly known as tufted hairgrass or tussock grass, is a perennial tufted plant in the grass family Poaceae. Distribution of this species is widespread including the eastern and western coasts of North America, parts ...

e, Wo *'' Deschampsia flexuosa'' (L.) Trin. - Crinkled Hair-grass *''

Dichanthelium ''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgrasses.*''

Dichanthelium acuminatum ''Dichanthelium acuminatum'', the tapered rosette grass, is a species of grass from the genus ''Dichanthelium ''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgra ...

'' (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. ''fasciculatum'' (Torr.) Freckmann (Syn. ''Panicum lanuginosum'') - Western Panic Grass

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Dichanthelium ''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgrasses.o*''

Dichanthelium ''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgrasses., Wo The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark () in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline o ...

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Digitaria ''Digitaria'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. ...

filiformis'' (L.) Koeler - Finger Grass *'' Digitaria ischaemum'' (Schreb.) Muhl. - Smooth Crabgrass

*'' Digitaria sanguinalis'' (L.) Scop. - Crabgrass o*''

Echinochloa crus-galli ''Echinochloa crus-galli'' is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia that was formerly classified as a type of panicum grass. It is commonly known as cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common ...

'' (L.) Beauv. -

Barnyard Grass ''Echinochloa'' is a very widespread genus of plants in the grass family and tribe Paniceae. Some of the species are known by the common names barnyard grass or cockspur grass. Some of the species within this genus are millets that are grown ...

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Eleusine indica ''Eleusine indica'', the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees lat ...

'' (L.) Gaertn. - Goose-grass o*''

Elymus hystrix ''Elymus hystrix'', known as eastern bottlebrush grass, or bottle-brush-grass, is a bunchgrass in the grass family, Poaceae. It is native to the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. Description ''Elymus hystrix'' is a herbaceous plant with ...

'' L. - Bottle-brush Grass o*''

Elymus virginicus ''Elymus virginicus'', or Virginia wildrye, is a perennial bunchgrass located in Virginia and the eastern United States. Virginia wild rye is one of the few cool season native grasses found in the east Texas area. It is extremely palatable to liv ...

'' L. - Virginia Wild-rye

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Elytrigia repens ''Elymus repens'', commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic biome, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion cont ...

'' (L.) Nevski - Quackgrass, Witchgrass o*'' Eragrostis capillaris'' (L.) Nees - Lace Grass o*''

Eragrostis cilianensis ''Eragrostis cilianensis'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by several common names, including stinkgrass, candy grass, and gray lovegrass. Distribution This plant is native to much of Eurasia and Africa but it is widely introduced species, ...

'' (All.) Janchen - Stink-grass o*'' Eragrostis minor'' Host - Little Lovegrass o*'' Eragrostis spectabilis'' (Pursh) Steudel - Purple Lovegrass o*'' Festuca elatior'' L. - Meadow Fescue, Tall Fescue

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Festuca ovina ''Festuca ovina'', sheep's fescue or sheep fescue, is a species of grass. It is sometimes confused with hard fescue (''Festuca trachyphylla''). General description It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic ground, and in mountain pastur ...

'' L. - Sheep Fescue o*'' Festuca rubra'' L. - Red Fescue

*'' Festuca subverticillata'' (Pers.) E. Alexeev. - Nodding Fescue o*''

Glyceria striata ''Glyceria striata'' is a species of ''Glyceria'' which is known by the common names fowl mannagrass and ridged glyceria. It is native to much of North America, from Alaska and northern Canada to northern Mexico. It is a common bunchgrass specie ...

'' (Lam.) Hitchc. - Fowl Manna Grass o*'' Hierochloe odorata'' (L.) Beauv. - Vanilla Grass, Holy Grass

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Holcus lanatus ''Holcus lanatus'' is a perennial grass. The specific epithet ' is Latin for 'woolly' which describes the plant's hairy texture. Common names include Yorkshire fog, tufted grass, and meadow soft grass. In North America, where it is an invasive ...

'' L. - Velvet Grass o*''

Leersia virginica ''Leersia virginica'', commonly known as whitegrass, white cutgrass, or Virginian cutgrass, is a perennial grass that is native to eastern North America, typically found in partially shaded low-lying wet areas. Its blooming period occurs from mi ...

'' Willd. - White Grass o*'' Lolium perenne'' L. - Perennial ryegrass o*'' Microstegium vimineum'' (Trin.) A. Camus - Japanese Stilt Grass U*'' Miscanthus sinensis'' Andersson - Chinese silver grass, Eulalia o*'' Muhlenbergia frondosa'' (Poiret) Fernald - Wirestem Muhly

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Muhlenbergia mexicana ''Muhlenbergia mexicana'', known by the common names Mexican muhly and wirestem muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to North America, including most of the United States and southern Canada. It actually does not occur in Mexico. Habi ...

'' (L.) Trin. - Satin Grass, Wire-stem Muhly *'' Muhlenbergia schreberi'' J.F. Gmelin - Nimblewill o*'' Muhlenbergia sobolifera'' (Muhl.) Trin. - Branched Muhly *''

Panicum capillare ''Panicum capillare'', known by the common name witchgrass, is a species of grass. It is native plant to most of North America from the East Coast through all of the West Coast and California. It can be found as an introduced species in Eurasia ...

'' L. - Old Witch Grass

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Panicum dichotomiflorum ''Panicum dichotomiflorum'', known by the common names fall panicgrass, autumn millet (Britain and Ireland), and fall panicum is a species of Poaceae "true grass". It is native to much of the eastern United States and parts of Canada, and it can ...

'' Michx. - Spreading Witch Grass o*'' Panicum philadelphicum'' Bernh. - Wood Witch Grass o*'' Panicum verrucosum'' Muhl. - Warty Panic Grass *'' Panicum virgatum'' L. - Switchgrass *'' Paspalum laeve'' Michx. - Smooth Paspalum o*'' Phalaris arundinacea'' L. -

Reed canary grass ''Phalaris arundinacea'', or reed canary grass, is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern ...

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Phleum pratense Timothy (''Phleum pratense'') is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region. It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's tail. It is a member of the genus ''Phleum'', consis ...

'' L. - Timothy-grass

*'' Poa annua'' L. -

Annual Meadow-grass ''Poa annua'', or annual meadow grass (known in America more commonly as annual bluegrass or simply poa), is a widespread low-growing turfgrass in temperate climates. Notwithstanding the reference to annual plant in its name, perennial bio-type ...

, Spear grass o*''

Poa compressa ''Poa compressa'', the Canada bluegrass or flattened meadow-grass, is a perennial flattened meadow grass, similar to common meadow-grass, ''Poa pratensis''. It is native to Europe but it can be found nearly worldwide as an introduced species. I ...

'' L. - Canada Bluegrass

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Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), a ...

languida'' A. Hitch. - Weak Speargrass *''

Poa palustris ''Poa palustris'' (fowl bluegrass, fowl meadowgrass, swamp meadowgrass, woodland bluegrass) is a species of grass native to Asia, Europe and Northern America. This plant is used as fodder and forage, and it also used for erosion control or revege ...

'' L. - Fowl Meadow-grass *'' Poa pratensis'' L. - Kentucky Bluegrass,

Smooth Meadow-grass ''Poa pratensis'', commonly known as Kentucky bluegrass (or blue grass), smooth meadow-grass, or common meadow-grass, is a perennial species of grass native to practically all of Europe, North Asia and the mountains of Algeria and Morocco. Altho ...

*'' Poa trivialis'' L. - Rough-stalked Bluegrass

*'' Schizachyrium scoparium'' Michx. Nash - Little Bluestem , M, We, Wo*''

Setaria faberi ''Setaria faberi'', the Japanese bristlegrass, nodding bristle-grass, Chinese foxtail, Chinese millet, giant bristlegrass, giant foxtail or nodding foxtail, is an Asian grass. It is a summer annual, with plants emerging from seeds in the spring, ...

'' Herrm. - Faber's Foxtail o*''

Setaria ''Setaria'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word ''seta'', meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets. The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tr ...

geniculata'' (Lam.) Beauv. - Knotroot Bristle-grass

*'' Setaria glauca'' (L.) P. Beauv. - Yellow Foxtail

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Setaria viridis ''Setaria viridis'' is a species of grass known by many common names, including green foxtail, green bristlegrass, and wild foxtail millet. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Setaria italica''. It is native to Eurasia, but it is known o ...

'' (L.) Beauv. - Green Foxtail , We, Wo*'' Sorghastrum nutans'' Nash -

Indian Grass ''Sorghastrum nutans'', commonly known as either Indiangrass or yellow Indiangrass, is a North American prairie grass found in the central and eastern United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies. Description ...

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Sorghum halepense Johnson grass or Johnsongrass, ''Sorghum halepense'', is a plant in the grass family, Poaceae, native to Asia and northern Africa. The plant has been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and most larger islands and archipelagos. It re ...

'' (L.) Pers. - Johnson Grass o*''

Sphenopholis obtusata ''Sphenopholis obtusata'' is a species of grass known by the common names prairie wedgescale and prairie wedge grass. It is native to North America where it is widespread across southern Canada and the United States. It occurs in many types of ha ...

'' (Michx.) Scribn. - Prairie Wedge-grass

*''Sphenopholis obtusata'' (Michx.) Scribn. var. ''major'' (Torr.) K.S. Erdman -

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Sphenopholis ''Sphenopholis'' is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family. They are known generally as wedgescales. ; Species * '' Sphenopholis filiformis'' - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA ...

pensylvanica'' (L.) A. Hitchc. - Swamp-oats o *'' Sporobolus vaginiflorus'' (Torr.) Wood - Poverty Grass

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Tridens flavus ''Tridens flavus'', the purpletop tridens, red top, or greasegrass, is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass native to eastern North America. It widespread throughout its range and is most often found in man-made habitats, such as hay meadows an ...

'' (L.) A. Hitchc. - Purple-top e, Wo*''

Tripsacum dactyloides ''Tripsacum dactyloides'', commonly called eastern gamagrass, or Fakahatchee grass, is a warm-season, sod-forming bunch grass. It is widespread in the Western Hemisphere, native from the eastern United States to northern South America.

'' (L.) L. - Eastern Gamma-grass e*''

Vulpia octoflora ''Festuca octoflora'', also known as ''Vulpia octoflora'', is an annual plant in the grass family ( Poaceae).Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285 The common name six week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattl ...

'' (Walter) Rydb. - Six-weeks Fescue o ----

Typhaceae (Cattail Family)

*'' Typha latifolia'' L. - Broad-leaf Cat-tail e ----

References

*Brown, Melvin L. and Russell G. Brown. 1984. ''Herbaceous Plants of Maryland.'' Port City Press, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1127 pages. *Davis, Charles A. 2004. ''List of Plants of Soldier's Delight.'' (Unpublished). * Fleming, Cristol, Marion B. Lobstein and Barbara Tufty. 1995. ''Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area.'' The Johns Hopskins University Press, Baltimore and London, 312 pages. *Gleason, Henry A., and Arthur Cronquist. 1991. ''Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada.'' (Second Edition) The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458, 910 pages. *Google Hybrid Map. 2006. Target building, Soldiers Delight Visitor Center

*Holmgren, Noel H. 1998. ''Illustrated Companion to Gleason and Cronquist's Manual. Illustrations of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern U. S. and Adjacent Canada.'' The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458, 937 pages. *Maryland Department of Natural Resources. 2003. ''Explanation of Rank and Status Codes.'

*Maryland Department of Natural Resources. 2004. ''Current and Historical Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species of Baltimore County, Maryland.'

* Monteferrante, Frank. 1973. ''A Phytosociological Study of Soldiers Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland.'' Towson State College, Towson, Maryland. * Reed, Clyde F. 1984. ''Floras of the Serpentinite Formations in Eastern North America, with descriptions of geomorphology and mineralogy of the formations.'' Reed Herbarium, Baltimore, Maryland. * e Wennerstrom, Jack. 1995. ''Soldiers Delight Journal - Exploring a Globally Rare Ecosystem.'' University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburg and London, 247 pages. * o Worthley, Elmer G. 1955-1985. ''List of Plants of Soldier's Delight.'' Unpublished.

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