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Fig. 116. Alopecurus pratensis L. Meadow Foxtail. — An 

 erect, smooth perennial 3 to 9 dm. lii^h, with short, creeping root- 

 stocks, flat, spreading leaf blades, and dense, cylindrical, spike- 

 like panicles 5 to 10 cm. long. — Naturalized in fields and meadows, 

 LabradortosoutbernNew York, Ohio and Michigan; also Oregon, 

 Idaho, and California. [Europe, Asia, and Africa.] June, July. 



