This grass is reported to have been widely sown for turf and forage in humid temperate regions of North America (FNA 24). However, it has been much confusion with arundinacea, and this is no accurate published map of its range. A more thorough review of Ky. colls. is needed, but rather verified collections of pratensis have been located; see notes on identification under arundinacea. The first report of pratensis from Ky. was by Short et al. (1833), but no associated coll. has been located. Although seed of pratensis was distributed a century ago or more, it proved much less desirable than arundinacea (true elatior) and other grasses. Based on trials in the 1890s, Gm noted: "in our plot, never spread from the lines in which seed was sown"; and its seed was much less highly priced than arundinacea (13 cents per pound versus 22-25 cents).