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Fig. 115. Alopecurus geniculatus L. Fi-oating' Foxtail. — A 

 slender perennial, with culms deciunbent and branched at base, 

 then erect or ascending, 1.5 to 6 dm. high, flat, spreading leaves 

 and dense, spike-like, slender panicles 2.5 to 7.5 cm. long. — Wet 

 meadows, banks of streams and ditches throughout the United 

 States, and from Newfoundland to British Columbia. [Europe and 

 Asia.] April-September. 



