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Fig. 168. Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. {Avcna spicaia L.). 

 Wild Oat-grass. — A smooth, slender, erect perennial 2.5 to .5 dm. 

 high, with a few-flowered, narrow panicle spreading only in 

 flower. — Common in dry, thin soils from Canada southward to 

 the Gulf States and westward to Texas. May-lSeptemher. 



