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Fi<;. 85. Aristida stricta Michx. WlKE-GRASS. — A rigid, erect 

 wiry perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with narrow, involute leaves and 

 strict, spike-like panicles abont 30 cm. long. — Dry pine barrens 

 near the coast, Virginia( f ) and North Carolina to Mississippi, often 

 covering extensive tracts and forming the bulk of the pasturage. 

 .luly-October. 



