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Fig. 170. Danthonia sericea Nutt. Silky Oat -grass. — A 

 rather stout, erect perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, with usually pubes- 

 cent sheaths, rather rigid leaves, large spikelets, and terminal, 

 f'ew-tiowered panicles.— Open woodlands in dry soil, Massachu- 

 setts and New .Jersey to Florida and west to Tennessee and Ala- 

 bama. May, June. 



