A Study of the Chemical Composition of Some of the Grasses of the State

Authors

J. B. WeemsFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

ne of the problems in connection with the work of the experiment station for the past two or three years has been an investigation of the native grasses of the state. The work has been carried on by the botanical and chemical sections of the station and the results which are presented here may be regarded as a part of this work. The analyses presented are of those grasses which have been most thoroughly investigated and are as follows: (1), Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass); (2), Muhlenbergia Mexicana (Mexican wood-grass); (3), Spartina cynosuroides (fresh water cord grass); (4), Poa pratensis (Kentucky blue grass).

Publication Date

1899

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences

Volume

7

Issue

1

First Page

113

Last Page

120

Copyright

©1899 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Weems, J. B. (1899) "A Study of the Chemical Composition of Some of the Grasses of the State," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 7(1), 113-120.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol7/iss1/16