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FIG. 7. Meadow fescue, Festuca elatior. Plant, X \ ; spikelet and floret, X 5. 



commonly cultivated, usually called meadow fescue, is 2 or 3 feet 

 tall and has a nearly simple panicle, sometimes racemose above and 

 slightly branched at the base. In eastern Kansas the incorrect name 

 English bluegrass is sometimes applied to this species, 

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