Graminoids-Keck Reservation

Walter Kittredge, a botanist from Harvard, compiled a list of the plants present at the Keck Reservation (You may email Walter at kittredg@oeb.harvard.edu.

He categorized the plants into:

Ferns
Graminoids (grasses, sedges, and rushes)
Herbaceous plant that isn't a graminoid
Shrubs
Trees
Vines

You may download a list of all categories by Right-Clicking (Control-Click on a Mac) on the icons:

Microsoft Excel or Adobe Portable Document Format

Keys to Abbreviations
Wetlands Indicator Status (WIS)	Native/Introduced (N/I)
OBL = Obligate wetland plant	N = Native
FAC = Facultative plant	I = Introduced
FACW = Facultative wetland plant
FACU = Facultative upland plant
UPL = Upland plant

Graminoids (grasses, sledges, and rushes)
Common Name	Genus species	Family	N/I	WIS
Grass, Fowl Blue	Poa palustris	POAC	N	FACW
Grass, Kentucky Blue	Poa pratensis	POAC	I	FACU
Grass, Red Fescue	Festuca rubra	POAC	I
Grass, Reed Canary	Phalaris arundinacea	POAC	N	FACW+
Grass, Rosette Panic	Dichanthelium acuminatum ssp. fasciculatum	POAC	N
Grass, Sheep Fescue	Festuca ovina	POAC	I
Grass, Sweet Vernal	Anthoxanthum odoratum	POAC	N	FACU
Grass, Timothy	Phleum pratense	POAC	I
Grass, Velvet	Holcus lanatus	POAC	I	FACU
Rush, Soft	Juncus effusus	JUNC	N	OBL
Rush, Wood	Luzula multiflora	JUNC	N	FACU
Sedge, Brownish	Carex brunnescens	CYPE	N	FACW
Sedge, Pennsylvania	Carex pensylvanica	CYPE	N
Sedge, Swan's	Carex swanii	CYPE	N	FACU

Graminoids-Keck Reservation

Keys to Abbreviations

Wetlands Indicator Status (WIS)

Native/Introduced (N/I)

Graminoids (grasses, sledges, and rushes)

Common Name

Genus species

Family

N/I

WIS