Danthonia compressa Austin

Much like no. 2 [Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult.] and perhaps not sharply distinct; stem very slender, flattened, 4–8 dm; sheaths glabrous; blades usually flat, often to 20 cm, 2–4 mm wide, scaberulous; infl lax, 5–10 cm, the filiform branches often reflexed at anthesis, at least the lower branches with 2 or 3 spikelets; glumes 9–13 mm; lemmas 4.5–8 mm, of which the teeth constitute half, sparsely pilose on the back; awn 5.5–8 mm; 2n=36. Dry woods; N.S. and Que. to O., N.C., and Tenn.

Can be grown by seedlings.