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Fig. 172. Spartina polystachya (Michx.) Ell. (Trachynotia 

 polystachya). Salt Reed-grass. A stout, erect perennial 12 to 

 27 dm. high, with long, flat leaves and terminal panicles of twenty 

 to fifty crowded, ascending spikes 5 to 10 cm. long. Brackish 

 marshes along the coast, Maine to Mississippi. July-October. 



