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This is one of the most abundant and most valued of the Grama grasses, and extends 
from Wisconsin westward to California, and southward into Texas and north 
Mexico. It is a perennial, 6 to 18 inches high, its strong rhizomes and numerous 
root-leaves forming dense and more or less extensive patches of excellent turf. 
In Montana it is known as Buffalo-grass. It frequents the bench lands of that 
State, growing at elevations from 3,000 to 4,000 or 5,000 feet, and not infre- 
grass, it cures during the dry season in the turf into perfeet hay, losing none of 
its nutritious properties. Ld 
FiG.17.—Black Grama. FIG. 18.—Blue Grama. (Boute- Fic. 19.—Tall Grama or Side Oats. 
(Bouteloua hirsuta.) loua oligostachya.) (Bouteloua racemosa.) 
Bouteloua polystachya Torr. Low Grama; Six-weeks'-grass; Many-eared Grama. 
This is a small, slender grass, of good quality. It is one of the smallest of the 
Gramas, and only occurs sparingly here and there in scattered tufts rely 
exceeds 6 inches in height, and is confined to the arid regions of the Southwest. 
ua racemosa Lag. Tall Grama; honed Oats; Hairy Mesquit; Muskit-grass; 
Black Grama; White Grama. (Fig. 19 
This is among the tallest of our species of Pont the rather stout, tufted stems 
being from 1 to 3 feet high. It has tough, perennial, fibrous roots, flat, long- 
pointed leaves, adn many short spikes arranged along the upper portion of the 
stem. Its range extends from New Jersey westward to the Rocky Mountains, 
and south ward through Texas into Mexico. Where abundant, it is said to make 
fair hay, and the numerous root-leaves afford good pasturage. The hay is 
