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Spartina cynosuroides Willd. Cord-grass; Fresh-water Cord-grass; Marsh-grass; 
Bull-grass; Thateh-grass; Slough-grass. (Fig.79. 
€ fees erect,simple stems 2 to 9 feet high, flat and long-pointed leaves, and 
spreading spikes 2 to 5 inches long. This i is a native, common 
| ranging from Maine to the Carolinas, and westward to the 
a Pacific. It makes a fair but rather coarse hay when cut 
/ early, and has been successfully employ ed in the manu- 
facture of paper. The strong, creeping, scaly rootstocks of 
this grass adapt it for a loose sands and river em- 
N |) bankments. 
\ N 5 Spartina gracilis Trin. Slender Cord-grass. 
A | A A species of the plains and Rocky Mountain regions ch 
: WM resembling the common Fresh-water Cord-grass, although 
* 74 usually smaller. It is a hard, tough grass, with strong, 
y ereeping rootstocks, and usually grows in sandy, alkaline 
7 soil. The tough leaves and stems may possess some value 
for paper making. 
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Spartina juncea Willd. Fox-grass; White Rush; Marsh- 
grass; Salt-grass; Po Salt-grass; Salt Marsh-grass; Rush 
7 q Marsh-grass. (Fig. 80.) 
4 A eur slender species. 1 to 2 (rarely 3 
o 4) fe t 
AN | vedi erect, or widely spreading 
` MI f spikes. This is common upon the 
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V NY) salt marshes, and is one of the most 
"s BÀ, alued species which go to form the 
— i salt hay that these marshes prođuce 
GAS It ranges from Maine southward to 
n Texas. It is useful for eins glass- 
(Spartina cynosu- k dd 
roidea.) ware, crockery, etc., and elarger 
towns along the coast is pad used 
for this purpose. Fox-grass and Black-grass (Juncus ge- 
rardi) are regarded as the best of the grasses of the salt 
marshes for the production of hay, and chemical analyses 
veis prov m - pridie of sad opinion. Salt bay, 
pep zat MPAA 
is dsl de cheaper than , timothy hay. 
polystachya Willd. Salt Reed-grass. 
` This resembles Fresh-water Cord-grass, but is usually of larger 
€. growth, and has more numerous spikes, often as many as 
i 50 or 60. It is limited to the salt and brackish marshes of 
the Atlantic Coast, ranging from Maine to Florida 
Spartina stricta Roth. Creek-sedge; Branch-grass; Thatch; 
Sedge. (Fig. 81.) 
An erect and often stout salt marsh grass, with flat leaves, and 
FIG. 80. —Fox-grass. 
fow to many atest spikes.. $ varien s good deal in size, the ( Spartina juncea.) 
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grows alon 
the ditehes and creeks of the iaa, and is conspienona by its size, and long, 
shining leaves, which are of a deep-green color. Smaller forms are found over 
ther WP HE qu ee ie eae aM tint, with 
