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Fig. 168. Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. (Arena apicaia L.). 

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

 high, with a few-Ho\vere<l, narrow panicle spn-adinj; only in 

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

 the Gulf States and westward to 'I'exas. May-!Sei)tember. 



