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Fig. 286. Puccinellia maritima 'Iluds. ) Pari. (Poa maritima 

 Hmls. ; Glyceria maritima M. & K.). Sea Spear-grass. — A 

 slender perennial 2 to 5 dm. high, from creeping rootstocks, with 

 narrow, flat, or folded leaves, and more or less expanded panicles 

 * to 12 cm. long. — Salt marshes and beaches along the coast, 

 Labrador to southern New England, and Alaska to British Colum- 

 bia; also on ballast and waste ground in sea ports farther south. 

 [Europe and Asia. ] July, August. 



