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PLATE IV. t 



IV. *Spartina stri'cta maritima:=:creek sedge, or thatch. An^ 

 erect aud often st"Ut salt marsh grass, from 2 to 6 feet tall, with long 

 flat leaves, and few to many erect oi)pressed spikes (Scnbner). 



It is one of the two common grasses growing along the edge of 

 the ditches and creeks where there is a daily flow of the tide. It 

 has a long spike like head, and wide spreading, dark green leaves. 

 It is used principally for bedding and mulching. See Plate IV. 



* Tliu fii-ass cjilleil spartiva strivta vnr. glabra in tlic V2l]i report of the Sinte Exper- 

 iment station, 1S94, Wii;^ incorrectly named. It sliould liave been distichUs spicata. 

 t Scribner, Bulletin 7, Division of Agrostology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



