Figure 21. Bitter panicum growth at end of first summer. Lateral growth is shown in one 

 direction only. Initial transplant has grown vertically and horizontally, 

 accompanied by sand accumulation. Lateral shoot is buried, has rooted, and lias 

 formed a tiller and new buds. Primary tiller has given rise to secondary tillers 

 wliich are in turn forming new tillers at the buried nodes. 



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