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Fig. 169. Danthonia compressa Austin. Tenxessee Oat- 

 <;hass. A slender, erect, tufted perennial 2 to 6 dm. high, with 

 long, narrow root leaves, and few-flowered open panicles. Moun- 

 tain regions of eastern Tennessee and North Carolina northward to 

 Canada. June-August. 



