The Identification of Some of the More Common Native Oklahoma Grasses by Vegetative Characters, M.S. Thesis

Abstract

The increasing interest in grassland management in Oklahoma reveals the need for some means of identifying grasses by their vegetative characters.  Native grasses comprise a major component of the state’s grazing resources; hence, this work concerns itself only with those species. Several keys of local scope have been prepared for various localities, but thus far none has been made specifically for Oklahoma. It is hoped that this work will prove helpful in identifying grasses when only the vegetative part is present.