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Fig. 175. Spartina gracilis Trin. Western Cord-grass. — A 

 comparatively slender, perennial species 3 to 9 dm. high, with flat 

 leaves, and three to nine rather short, appressed spikes. — Mead- 

 ows, swamps, and river bottoms, especially in alkaline soils, South 

 Dakota to Kansas, west to British Columbia, Nevada, and Cali- 

 fornia. March-August. 

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