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Fig. 267. Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene; Brittun and Brown, 

 111. FL, 1 : 198 (Z>. maritima Raf.). Alkali-grass. — An upright, 

 wiry grass, 2.5 to .5 dm. high, with strong and widely creeping 

 rootstocks, rather rigid leaves, and densely flowered panicles. 

 The grass is ditecious. — Salt marshes along the coast, Maine 

 to Texas and British Colnmbia to California; alkaline soil in the 

 interior, Nebraska and Kansas to Montana, eastern Washington, 

 California, and New Mexico. May -August. 



