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Fie. 119. Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth (Agrostia asper 

 Michx.). Pkairie-GRASS. — A rather slender perennial 3 to 9 dm. 

 high, with usually long, involute-filiform leaf blades and con- 

 tracted, linear panicles 5 to 15 cm. long. — In dry, sandy soil, 

 open woods and glades, Long Island to Florida, west to Texas, 

 Missouri, and Illinois. August-October. Avoided by stock rx- 

 cepting when young. 



