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Fig. 117. Alopecurus occidentalis Scribn, {A. pratensis alpestrxa 

 A. Gray). Mountain Foxtail. — An erect, rather slender grass 

 6 to 9 dm. high, with shorter and thicker heads than those of 

 Meadow Foxtail. — Wet meadows and banks of streams, high moun- 

 tains of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. June-Septem- 

 ber. A valuable haj' grass. 



