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Fig. 174. Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. (Dactylis patens Ait.; 

 Spartina juncea Ell.). Fox-grass. — A rather slender and some- 

 what wiry grass 3 to 6 (rarely 9) dm. high, with two to four slen- 

 der, erect or widely spreading spikes. — Salt marshes and sandy 

 shores along the coast from Newfoundland to Florida and west- 

 ward to Texas. June-Septemher. 



