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Fig. 272. Poa alpina L. Mountain Spear-grass. — A slender 

 or stout, ctespitoso, erect perennial 0.5 to 3 (usually 1..")) dm. high, 

 with ratlier broad, flatleaxes, and spreading pyramidal ])ani(le8 

 of comparatively large spikelets. — Edges of brooks, open grassy 

 mountain slopes, canyons, etc., Newfoundland and Quebec to 

 Hudson Bay and Alaska, south in the mountains to Colorado (alt. 

 3,600 m.), Utah and California. [Widely distributed, arctic and 

 snbalpine.] .June-August. 



