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Poaceae
Sclerochloa

not marked as a favorite taxon *Sclerochloa dura (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Hard Grass, Fairground Grass. Phenology: Feb-Apr. Habitat: Athletic fields, lawns, in gravel or compacted earth in agricultural fairgrounds. Distribution: NY (Westchester County) and s. ON westward; scattered s. to GA and further westward. Perhaps most commonly encountered in our region from w. NY and w. PA westward to IL. Native of Mediterranean Europe.

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Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, ETx1, FNA24, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NY, Pa, Tx, Tucker (1996). Basionym: Cynosurus durus L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Sclerochloa dura - FNA24

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