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Fig. 117. Alopecurus occidentalis Scribn. (A.pratensis alpestris 

 A. Gray). Mountain Foxtail. — An erect, rather slender grass 

 6 to 9 dm. high, with shorter and thicker heads than those of 

 Meadow Foxtail. — Wet meadows and hanks of streams, high moun- 

 tains of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. June-Septem- 

 ber. A valuable hay grass. 



