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GRASSES OF IOWA. 



Fig. 227. Agropyron pseuilo-repens—a, empty 

 glumes; b, flowering glumes with flowers. (Div. 

 Agros. U. 8. Dept. Agrl. ) 



Fig 228. Agropyron repens— a spikelet; 

 b, parts of spikelet displayed, two empty 

 glumes. (Div. Agros. U. 8. Dept, Agrl.) 



inches (S-i6cm.) long. Spikelets 5 to 8 lines (10-16 mm.) long, three 

 to seven-flowered, with linear-lanceolate, nearly equal and five-nerved 

 empty glumes, with acuminate or awn-pointed flowering glumes. Rather 

 moist soil. May to September. 



This species is local in north central and northwestern Iowa. In the 

 Rocky Mountains it is considered a valuable forage grass. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Ioiva. Granite (Shimek) ; Ogden (Pammel). 

 North America. Ontario to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne- 

 braska (Grand Island and Broken Bow 54, Pammel), and the Reeky 



