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. Fig. 278. Poa buckleyana Nash; Britton and Brown, 111. Fl., 

 1: 208 {Poa tenu'iJ'oUa Uuckley). BuNCH Red-top. — A rather 

 slender, erect perennial ''hnnch grass" 3 to 6 dm. high, with 

 nnmerons, soft radical leaves and a narrow panicle. — Usually in 

 dry soil of ''bench" lands, nionntain slopes, elevated prairies, etc. 

 (alt. 450 to 3,900 ni.), South 1 )akota to British Columbia, Colorado, 

 and California. May-September. 



