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Fig. 612. ElymusvirginicusLiim. Sp. ri.84. 1753. Tekuell- 

 GRAss. A rather stout, leafy, erect, glabrous perennial 6 to 10 

 dm. high, with terminal, erect spikes 4 to 14 cui. long, the bases of 

 which are usually inclosed in the inflated uppermost sheath. 

 Spikelets with thick and rigid, lanceolate emjity glumes 16 to 24 

 mm. long (including the short awn). Moist soil, bordeis of thick- 

 ets and open woodlands, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to 

 Florida, and westward to Manitoba and Texas. June-September. 



